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News Release: The “RedEye” at duPont Manual High School wins The Courage in Student Journalism Award

December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 Andrew Benson

For Immediate Release: December 3, 2021 Contact: Andrew Benson | abenson@SPLC.org Washington, DC— The Student Press Law Center is excited to award the 2021 Courage in Student Journalism Award to the RedEye at duPont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky. Students within the Journalism and Communication magnet program exposed Nazi and antisemitic language and images… Continue reading News Release: The “RedEye” at duPont Manual High School wins The Courage in Student Journalism Award

After controversial stories are cut, student journalists in Kentucky contact SPLC and launch an underground newspaper

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March 7, 2016 Student Press Law Center

"We were so grateful that an organization like the SPLC existed to back us up. I don’t think we would have had the confidence to found, print and continue to work on our independent magazine without the help and support of the SPLC."

Kentucky legislators, ACLU butt heads on freedom of expression bill

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February 26, 2015September 5, 2018 Katherine Schaeffer

During his 40 years as a legislator, Kentucky Senator Albert Robinson has kept a consistent platform: God, gun, country and family, a commitment which prompted his latest legislation: a bill aimed at reinforcing students’ religious and political freedom of speech.

Student journalists at one Kentucky high school put a new twist on an old practice to avoid their school's content restrictions

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September 4, 2012September 5, 2018 Taylor Moak

The threat of censorship creates a choice for student journalists: compromise or publish elsewhere. This spring, several journalism students at duPont Manual High School in Louisville, Ky., chose the latter.