Tuscaloosa students, NAACP say to vote ‘no’ on property tax increase after Black History Month walkout
organized a walkout and made numerous allegations of racism in local schools.
A Hillcrest High School senior, Jamiyah Brown, says student complaints still are not being taken seriously after a Feb. 8 walkout. The Tuscaloosa NAACP now recommends county residents withhold approval for a proposed property tax increase to fund school improvements on Feb. 14. And state advocates say the issue, which grew out of debate about a Black HIstory Month program, shows the pitfalls of Alabama’s “divisive concepts” law.
“Throughout the whole meeting that we just had, no one admitted that there was a problem,” Brown said, through tears, during a press conference Monday evening. “There is a problem.”
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