Fayetteville, Arkansas, flies Black History Month banner declaring “Black Lives Matter”
On Thursday, a tweet depicting a Black History Month banner hanging in Fayetteville, Arkansas, went viral.
According to the latest US Census numbers, Fayetteville is, in fact, about 80% white. And, according to Susan Norton, communications director for the city of Fayetteville, the banner is hanging on Dixon Street.
“Fayetteville does honor and respect, deliberately and intentionally, all people,” Norton said in a phone interview. “We celebrate black history, LGBTQ people, we celebrate new Americans, we celebrate immigrants.”
Norton also said the town is an officially designated “compassionate city” and that the same group that worked to get that status, Compassion Fayetteville, put up the banner. Read more
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