Black History Month Debacle

Dubuque, IA - In a second-grade classroom field trip to celebrate black history month, two students - 7-year-old Stephanie Johnston (white) and 6-year-old DelMarte Jones (black) - engaged in altercation that ended up being nothing to celebrate. "We were going to the Mississippi River to learn about the old shipping days and the role that negroes played in the turn-of-the-century shift to industrialism," said Becky White, the teacher at Strom Thurmond Elementary in Dubuque.

Unfortunately for young DelMarte, the portion of the trip that included a "fishing expedition" turned into white-on-black crime when Johnston allegedly stole Jones' fish just prior to being photographed for the Dubuque Star Journal.

"It's just yet another example of the white man keeping us down," said Jesse Jackson of the Rainbow Coaltion after being tracked down to a Frigidaire box just outside the capital building in Washington, D.C. Jones could not be reached for comment.