Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Two Reverends Protest Schools Use Of Confederate Flag
The Rev. Louis Coleman of the Justice Resource Center is encouraging the state board of education to take notice of schools he says incorporate racially insensitive mascots in the form of Confederate flags and Native American symbols. Coleman and the Rev. Milton Seymore of the Louisville-based Justice Resource Center carried signs with the Martin Luther King Jr. phrase “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” and protested in front of the Kentucky Department of Education building in Frankfort today. The two planned to meet with the interim education commissioner, Kevin Noland, with letters of protest. Among schools they take issue with is Allen Central High School in Floyd County, which uses a Confederate flag as the school symbol.
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