Despite the many hardships that graduating classes of 2021 all across the country have had to endure, finishing school in the midst of a pandemic, high school officials in at least two states couldn’t resist blemishing what should be a moment of celebration with some tired, racist antics — including…
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Olecia James, 18, Robbed of Salutatorian Title and Scholarship, Sues Cleveland Central High School In Mississippi
Olecia James, a Black high school graduate, has filed a federal lawsuit in the Northern District of Mississippi against her former alma mater Cleveland Central High School. Olecia disclosed that she was denied the position of salutatorian — second to the valedictorian — in order for a white male student…