Battle Flag T-Shirts Divide Ga. School
Here in north Georgia, where the Civil War dead have slept for more than a century, the timeless bones of history, heritage, and race have been stirred by a battle over Confederate-flag clothing at a local high school.
When the principal of Cherokee High School prohibited students last month from wearing a popular line of Confederate-themed clothing after a few African- American parents and students complained, protests erupted in this growing community in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
About 100 students— many with the support of their parents—came to school wearing the banned clothing manufactured by Dixie Outfitters. Parents and members of groups like the Sons of Confederate Veterans organized outside the school in front of television cameras, waving the battle flag that is the best-known emblem of the Confederacy. People spoke up at a board meeting wearing shirts with such slogans as...
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