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A Ban on Hate, or Heritage? Ga. School Divided Over Confederate-Themed Shirts

Date: December 30, 2002

Author: Michael A. Fletcher

QUOTE: ...school officials prohibited shirts featuring the [Confederate--Ed.] battle flag in response to complaints from two African American families...a new generation's fashion choices raise questions about where historical pride ends and racial insult begins.

ABSTRACT: Many school systems ban clothing and other paraphernalia bearing Confederate flags and emblems. Some whites are complaining that the flag is a symbol of ethic pride, and that other ethnic groups African-American, Hispanic are able and even encouraged to promote such symbols for their group. --- D. Doernberg

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Key People:

• Gov. Roy E. Barnes Esq.
• Gov. Sonny Perdue

Key Organizations:

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• Dixie Outfitters
• FUBU
• NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
• Sons of Confederate Veterans, The (SCV)
• Southern Legal Resource Center
• US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)
• Washington Post Company

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Education
  • High School / Junior High
  • Student Behavior

• Social Sciences & Groups
  • Multi-Cultural/Minority Issues
    • Ethnic Groups
      • African-Americans/Blacks

• North America
  • United States of America/USA
    • Georgia
    • South Carolina

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