Tag: confederate flag
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Colorado Springs substitute teacher creates petition to ban Confederate flag from classrooms
A Colorado Springs substitute teacher wants the Confederate flag banned from her district’s classrooms, and thousands of people appear to agree. Hailey Schramm, a substitute teacher for Academy School District 20, has circulated an online petition requesting that her district — and the entire state — eliminate the display of the banner in all classrooms. By Thursday…
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Jefferson Davis, Christopher Columbus statues torn down
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Protesters tore down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis along Richmond, Virginia’s famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday night. The statue in the former capital of the Confederacy was toppled shortly before 11 p.m., news outlets reported. Richmond police were on…
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Jefferson Davis, Christopher Columbus statues torn down
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Protesters tore down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis along Richmond, Virginia’s famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday night. The statue in the former capital of the Confederacy was toppled shortly before 11 p.m., news outlets reported. Richmond police were on the scene and videos on social media showed the monument…