Parkwood High's 'Rebel' mascot faces another fight
June 23, 2009 North Carolina
By Steve Lyttle
Charlotte Observer
Parkwood High School's "Rebel" is in the midst of another fight.
The school's mascot, the subject of controversy for at least 20 years, has drawn the opposition of the Monroe chapter of the NAACP.
About 30 members of the group met Monday night in Monroe and discussed their dislike of the Rebel as mascot at Parkwood High, in the Roughedge community of southern Union County.
The argument has been heard before -- many African Americans feel the Rebel mascot is a sign of support for life in the South during slavery, and of what they say was the South's effort in the Civil War to maintain slavery.
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