‘Nooses, KKK Literature, Slave Auction’: Mother of Black Teen Files $2.5 Million Lawsuit after Months of His Racial Harassment at a Tennessee Middle School

The racial demographics of the town are reflected in its middle school, which had only 5 Black students out of 400 total this past school year. The 14-year-old, who is not named in the lawsuit, has a white mother and Black father, was victimized and faced racist bullying for months by white students, the lawsuit alleges.