Senior Luke Dorion, a football player who headed the cheerleading squad, said school spirit is at an all-time high. He said more students participated in spirit week festivities, showing up to school dressed in the themes of the day. …
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Loser Pays When Cheerleader Stripped of First Amendment Rights – InjuryBoard.com
The lawsuit was not filed for or about money; the cheerleader fought for her right to reinstatement to the cheerleading squad. The Court ruled against her; does that mean this was a “frivolous” lawsuit? In America, can pursuing a right granted by the …
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Dean Smith and a civil rights legacy – ESPN
They had their own all-black cheerleading squad. Unlike some Kansas high schools in similar situations, however, Topeka High did help the Ramblers to some degree. It provided them with uniforms and with buses for away games, as they played in an …
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Newseum to hold forum honoring Freedom Riders of the civil rights era – The Republic
Once in high school, Paula Stern was told that she couldn’t try out for cheerleading because the squad “already had a Jew.” Racists left death threats in the family’s mailbox after a newspaper story was published about Gerald Stern’s work as a young …
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Freedom Riders at the Newseum to discuss Civil Rights movement – Washington Post
Once in high school, Paula Stern was told that she couldn’t try out for cheerleading because the squad “already had a Jew.” Racists left death threats in the family’s mailbox after a newspaper story was published about Gerald Stern’s work as a young …
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