Jackson Rejects Deal on Expelled Students
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Bowing to pressure from the Rev. Jesse Jackson and protesters, school officials in Decatur, Ill., agreed to reduce the two-year expulsions imposed on seven black students for fighting at a Sept. 17 football game, Instead, they could attend an alternative school for a year, then return to Eisenhower High. Jackson rejected the offer, saying they should be allowed to return immediately on probation. He vowed to march to the school with them today, setting up a possible confrontation.
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