Posted on 12/19/2004 11:15:53 PM PST by DixieOklahoma
originally from spofga.org but can be found on georgiaheritagecoalition.org also.
Student files suit against school board
The Southern Legal Resource Center
News Release For additional information contact the SLRC at 828.669.5189/slrc@slrc-csa.org
For immediate release Friday, December 17, 2004 Student files suit against school board In Confederate prom dress case
LEXINGTON, KY – A young woman who was turned away from her high school prom because she was wearing a Confederate flag patterned evening gown will hold a press conference Monday after she files suit against the school board and officials who kept her out. Jacqueline Duty, a 2004 graduate of Russellville High School, is asking actual and punitive damages against the Russell Independent Board of Education, Superintendent Ronnie H. Back and Russell High Principal John Howard. The suit will be filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Lexington.
Following Monday’s filing, a press conference will be held at 1 p.m. on the steps of the U.S. Courthouse, 101 Barr Street. Ms. Duty will make a brief statement, as will her attorney, Earl Ray Neal, and officials of the Southern Legal Resource Center of Black Mountain, North Carolina, whose Chief Trial Counsel will act as co-counsel.
Former SLRC client Timothy Castorina, successful plaintiff in a landmark Sixth U.S. Circuit case that struck down a ban on Confederate-themed clothing in schools, is also expected to attend the press conference. Neal and Lyons/SLRC represented Castorina in the 5 ½ year court struggle
“Ms. Duty was intimidated and humiliated on what should have been one of the happiest nights of her young life by some very overzealous and wrong-headed people,” said SLRC Executive Director Roger McCredie. “She is entitled to vindication and we will work to see that she gets it.”
Earl Ray Neal is an attorney and adjunct Law Professor in Richmond, KY
The Southern Legal Resource Center is a nonprofit law firm that advocates on behalf of persons whose civil and constitutional rights have been violated in connection with expression of their Confederate heritage.
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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT: Roger McCredie (828) 669-5189 exec@slrc-csa.org rebscape@charter.net
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ahem Timothy Castorina, successful plaintiff in a landmark Sixth U.S. Circuit case that struck down a ban on Confederate-themed clothing in schools, is also expected to attend the press conference
That school district is in some deep do-do, and rightfully so.
You have some nerve, considering you are FLYING those colors you are so "bravely" insulting from your personal page. You should be ASHAMED....My ancestor with the 11th Georgia fought for YOUR state in the conflict. His brother DIED! What a brave man you are, insulting the memory of those men, and the cause they gave everything for!
We didn't ignore them in Texas. :) We put a noose around their necks and hanged them! :)
True, which is why I fly BOTH.....
It sure is strange that Tennessee provided so many regiments to the Confederacy, if they were as "loyal" as you say. I disagree, I think the state was divided a lot more evenly than you think.
Maybe we could spin this into a "BEST BBQ" thread that also covers the Civil War?
Seriously though the point to consider is that while these examples (and the prom dress) are patterned after the Confederate flag, none of them ARE the flag.
You seem very comfortable with your mindless bigotry. I'm not here to weaken some sheeps faith. Keep serving that kool-aid.
I am a Yankee and must admit that the study of the Civil War and the results are not the historic topics in northern schools as much as they are in the south schools.
Please, I'm only making an general observation based on personal experience and not a statment of absolutes.
When I moved to NC a decade ago, I was a substitute teacher for 8th grade NC history. I had to study up and let me tell you, I was quite interested in the "other side of the story"!
I know for many of those in the south, the war will never really be over, largely in part because the south had the better army and the better generals. By all reason, the south should have won. Then came Sherman... after which came all the broken promises...
I must admit that I have a whole new understanding for the southerner's position in this matter. I'm not going to argue the morality of the war or the outcome. It was a tragic event for our country and for the men and boys who took part.
As for the flag, I see nothing wrong with flying it, or wearing it, or anything else. It's a part of history and represents a very troubling time and something very significant to those of you in the south.
When I was a kid, it was defined as a war between opposing groups of a same country for control of that country. Many years ago, the portion 'for control of that country' was dropped.
A very interesting, and quite telling, change in the definition of this phrase; don't you think?
Yeah, that ohioman is always ready to kick somebody's butt -- at least he is when he's sitting at a computer keyboard.
I think she should have been allowed to wear the dress, and I think she has a good lawsuit, but I find it hard to believe she was truly shocked at the reaction she got. She was bound to know she was going to cause a commotion. And why would you want to do that on purpose at your senior prom?
Y'all must of had a higher grade of confederate out in Texas. I think some of the ones over here were operating on low wattage brainpower. They raised (coerced) a regiment from a pro-Union region (including my GG grandpa) and as soon as it came in contact with the Union army, the nominal confederate soldiers started to go over to the Yankees en masse. The problem for East Tennesseans who wanted to fight for the Union army was how to get into contact with the USA and here many men made it courtesy of the confederate army! I think the captain in charge of my ancestor's company might have even become a Union officer. I believe they became a lot more careful in raising regiments over here after that fiasco. :)
More people should, maybe. For me, the essence of that flag spells rebellion. (No wonder so many government institutions and politicians despise it.)
The western two thirds of the state was much more traditionally southern and I think that most of Tennessee Confederate soldiers came from Middle and West Tennessee. But the mountain East Tennessee was really a state unto itself. To be sure there was a number of East Tennesseans who fought for the confederacy out of true conviction. But a lot of those who appeared on the rolls were like my ancestor's regiment and were pressed into service. A number of people in my family were in that situation and escaped to the Union army at first opportunity.
There still is a residue of that regional differentiation today. It wasn't long ago when highway signs at the border welcomed visitors to "The Three States of Tennessee".
I'm with you in wishing for more of the old federalism, but I think whatever damage that came from the 1860s was minuscule compared to what happened from about 1910 to about 1940. The 16th and 17th amendments are the villains, not President Lincoln.
We had our Unionists, but two episodes come to mind. A group of Germans tried to leave en masse to join up, but were slaughtered by Confederate cav. (Including the wounded, not very honorable that...) We also had the "Great Gainesville Hanging" where 30 suspected Unionists were hung at one time........
You obviously are from a different part of AR, than I have been to. And that flag is incorporated into your STATE flag...indirectly.
Yes, it is. Our state flag was adopted in 1913, IIRC. It would not be, today.
Well if she's going to cover he ass with a confederate flag then at least it's a reasonably attractive ass.
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