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Jeff Martin, Associated Press

Associated PressOctober 13, 2017

'You are my slave:' School's Civil War Day sparks mom's ire

'You are my slave:' School's Civil War Day sparks mom's ire

KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) -- A new battle line has formed in the national debate over Civil War flags and symbols — this time at a Georgia school not far from a mountaintop where Confederate soldiers fired their cannons at Union troops more than a century ago.

The school near Kennesaw Mountain last month invited fifth-graders to dress up as characters from the Civil War.

A white student, dressed as a plantation owner, said to a 10-year-old black classmate, "You are my slave," said the black child's parent, Corrie Davis. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/slave-schools-civil-war-day-sparks-moms-ire-121038948.html http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Civil-War-Day-at-Georgia-school-draws-fire-of-12276493.php?cmpid=email-mobile