Suspended Christiansburg HS students say they will wear flag again Friday

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13. NAACP president urges discussion of rebel flag in Christiansburg

NAACP president urges discussion of rebel flag in Christiansburg

Posted: Friday, September 18, 2015 11:36 am | Updated: 5:25 pm, Fri Sep 18, 2015.

Associated Press |

CHRISTIANSBURG, — An NAACP leader in the town where students have been suspended over wearing Confederate flag emblems to school commended the teens Friday for standing up for their beliefs, but said he doesn’t believe they understand the pain that the symbol brings to black people.

Alvin Humes, president of the NAACP chapter in Christiansburg, said he supports the local high school’s decision to ban the flag and believes that the debate could be resolved if the school would bring both sides together to have a discussion about the meaning of the flag.

“I wish that there was some kind of way that we really could have a dialogue with these kids ... and try to explain to them what they’re doing is not exactly right because it hurts people in this community,” he said.