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William King Moss III, a father of two second-graders in the Brentwood Union Free School District on Long Island, filed a lawsuit last month claiming the Spartans moniker represents a symbol of "white ...
A New York school district is facing a lawsuit from a former teacher and parent who says its new Spartans logo is a symbol of ...
This is not Sparta. A Long Island school district is being sued over claims its new mascot, a Spartan, is “a symbol of white supremacy.” William King Moss III, a parent and Suffolk County NAACP leader ...
A New York father and NAACP leader is demanding his school district discontinue its new "Spartans" mascot, alleging the ...
A New York teacher filed a lawsuit against a Long Island school district, claiming that its new mascot, the Spartan, is “a symbol of white supremacy.” William King Moss III, a local NAACP ...
Other colleges — including San Jose State and Case Western — and countless high schools have Spartan mascots. My own grammar school, St. Joseph’s in Toms River, NJ, employs the iconic helmet.
A leader of a Suffolk County chapter of the NAACP has sued the Brentwood Union Free School District over its new sports team mascot ... on the lawsuit. The Spartans logo has not been added ...
A lawsuit against a NY school district claims a Spartans logo is "racially problematic" and harms female students. Moss's complaint asks the district to pick a new mascot and cover attorney's costs.
William King Moss III said the Brentwood Union Free School District’s choice of the Spartan as its new mascot is offensive to both women and Indigenous people.