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TexasTowelie

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Sun Apr 29, 2018, 12:58 PM Apr 2018

Black Lives Matter flags to fly in Brattleboro Middle School

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. One community will be raising the Black Lives Matter flag this week to coincide with the town's Diversity Day.

The flag will be raised at Brattleboro Middle School, High School and the career center on Friday morning.

The idea came from a group of Brattleboro Middle School students. They brought up the idea to their principal, Keith Lyman.

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To our knowledge, Brattleboro will be the first middle school in Vermont and the country to fly the Black Lives Matter Flag.

Diversity Day has been celebrated in Brattleboro since 2009. This year's theme is solidarity.

Read more: http://www.wcax.com/content/news/Black-Lives-Matter-flag-to-fly-in-Brattleboro-481179641.html

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