https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/05/us/hanging-confederate-mural/index.html
Tennessee School Removes Confederate Flag
A painting of a confederate flag and a mural depicting a lynching have been removed from the walls of a Tennessee school gymnasium. On the mural, there is a white man dressed in blue hanging from a rope tied to a tree branch. The other person standing by him is holding a confederate flag. This mural was intended to depict an athletic team rivalry. It is unknown how long the painting has been inside this elementary school, but a complaint was first made in December by a concerned janitor. Less than 24 hours later, the post had at least 500 comments and more than 200 shares on Facebook. Later that day, the Confederate flag was gone and the mural was repainted to scrap the lynching.
This is related to American history because the confederate flag was a symbol of white supremacy in the south during the Civil War. It is very terrible that this flag was praised in an elementary school and these children don’t know the meaning behind it.
Wow, the fact that the school hadn't done anything about that until it had gotten publicity is terrible. Spending the money to repaint that wall is something that should have been done a long time ago.
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