‘You Are My Slave’: Cobb School Ends Civil War Dress-Up Activity

Corrie Davis, shown picking up her son Turner from Big Shanty school in Kennesaw, was told the school’s Civil War Day dress-up activities have come to an end.

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School officials say there will be no more Civil War-related student dress-up activities at a Georgia elementary school after its “Civil War Day” sparked conflict among students, parents and others.

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Big Shanty Elementary School last month invited fifth-graders to dress up as characters from the war.