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Thu Jul 30, 2015, 07:01 PM Jul 2015

Terrebonne official's Confederate Facebook posts draw ire (LA)

By Danielle Dreilinger
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
on July 30, 2015 at 5:46 PM

A Terrebonne Parish School Board member's pro-Confederate posts on Facebook have led the NAACP to demand her resignation ... In mid-July, Bonvillain shared a Facebook meme that depicted the Confederate battle flag, stating that if it were a symbol of racism, so were the logos of the NAACP, Black Entertainment Television and the National Council of La Raza ... She has since deleted both posts and refused to speak with a Times reporter ...

http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2015/07/school_board_confederate_flag.html

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