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struggle4progress

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Wed Mar 16, 2016, 08:40 PM Mar 2016

High school gets go-ahead to dump Confederacy-based mascot (CA)

KNTV-TV 5:29 p.m. PDT March 16, 2016

SAN LORENZO - A Northern California high school has gotten the go-ahead to ditch its Confederacy-related school mascot.

... the school board in San Lorenzo .. voted .. to authorize San Lorenzo High School’s request to replace the cartoon mascot known as the Rebel Guy.

Rebel Guy resembles an Old West scout and became the school’s symbol in the 1990s as an alternative to Colonel Reb ... At that time, San Lorenzo .. stopped displaying the Confederate flag at .. sporting events ...


http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/2016/03/16/high-school-gets-go-ahead-dump-confederacy-based-mascot/81888412/

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High school gets go-ahead to dump Confederacy-based mascot (CA) (Original Post) struggle4progress Mar 2016 OP
Meet "Rebel Guy"... KansDem Mar 2016 #1
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