24 Students at Virginia High School Suspended for Wearing the Confederate Flag
Sophie Saint Thomas · 09/17/15 09:00PM24 students at a southwestern Virginia high school were suspended Thursday for wearing clothing displaying the Confederate flag in protest of school policy. Christiansburg High School banned the symbol after instances of “racially motivated behavior” (or “mysteriously and not at all purposefully unelaborated behavior”) back in 2001 and 2002, NBC reports.