NAACP chief says Confederate flag hurts town (VA )
POSTED: 05:40 PM EDT Sep 18, 2015
The NAACP chapter president in a western Virginia town where high school students are fighting a ban on the Confederate flag says he doesn't believe the teens realize the pain that the flag causes his community.
Alvin Humes, president of the NAACP chapter in Christiansburg, Virginia, said Friday that he commends the students at the local high school for standing up for what they believe in.
But he said for African Americans, the Confederate flag represents hatred. He said he believes the issue could be resolved if both sides were brought together to have a discussion about the flag ...
About 20 students were suspended Thursday for refusing to remove clothing displaying the Confederate flag, which the school says it banned after incidents of racial tension during the 2001-2002 school year. A new policy this year prohibits students from displaying the flag on vehicles in the school parking lot ...
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