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Home/News from NPR/Can A Teacher Fly A Black Lives Matter Flag At School? A Florida Court Will Consider Can A Teacher Fly A Black Lives Matter Flag At School? A Florida Court Will Consider By Sydney Boles  April 30, 2021 Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Fla., was segregated whites only until the 1971-1972 school year. Its school colors are blue and gray, the colors of the Confederacy, and its sports teams are called the Generals. But a lot has changed since the 1970s: Now, the student body is 70% Black. Students run an Instagram page to document racism they experience at school. And a student group called the EVAC Movement, focused on reframing Black youth in Jacksonville from “at risk” to “at hope,” met with then-President Barack Obama in 2016 and presented before the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

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