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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gino Spocchia

Girl banned from swim meet over Black Lives Matter suit

NAACP Duluth./Facebook/Leidy Gallona

The NAACP saved a 12-year-old swimmer from disqualification after an organiser in Wisconsin refused to allow a swimsuit with the words “Black Lives Matter”.

Leidy Gallona wore the handmade swimsuit at a meeting sponsored by Duluth’s YMCA on Sunday when she was allegedly told to change or face disqualification from the event, the NCAAP said.

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