Georgia High School Only Punished Black Students After Confederate Flag Protest

Essence Magazine:

By Kevin L. Clark ·Updated October 18, 2021

The administration at Coosa High School in Rome, Georgia, has come under fire after suspending students for protesting against fellow classmates who were caught on camera waving a Confederate flag.

According to CBS46, Black, white, and Latino students allegedly planned a protest after school administration failed to discipline the flag-wavers for the display and for spewing racial epithets at Black students.

The Floyd County school’s administration prohibited the students

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