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Elementary School Mural That Seemed To Depict A Lynching Has Been Changed

The painting was intended to portray a school rivalry, but critics say the mural was racist.
The South Cumberland Elementary School mural before it was altered. Cumberland County personnel changed it Monday after the painting was called racist in a social media post Friday.

A controversial mural depicting what some are calling a lynching has been modified at an elementary school in Tennessee.

South Cumberland Elementary School and Cumberland County personnel altered the mural Monday after the painting was called racist in a social media post on Friday.

The original mural depicted a man wearing what appears to

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