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Missouri teacher suspended after student dresses as Klansman

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) – A southern Missouri school district has suspended a teacher who oversaw a class presentation in which a ninth-grader dressed as a Ku Klux Klan member.

Photo Courtesy Springfield News

Poplar Bluff district superintendent Scott Dill visited the American History class Monday to read the suspended teacher’s letter of apology.

The student who dressed as a Klansman Friday was among a group assigned to study the 15th Amendment, which awarded voting rights to black men. During their presentation, they discussed organizations that engaged in voter suppression.

A photo of the student has circulated on social media.

It’s unclear if the teacher directed the student to dress as a Klansman. The district says it doesn’t believe the student was acting with discriminatory intent.

Dill hasn’t returned an Associated Press reporter’s call.

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