St. George backers nervous about 'Frontline'

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The proposed city of St. George has found itself in the uncomfortable glow of the national spotlight once again — this time with a 30-minute PBS “Frontline” special scheduled to air nationwide on July 15.

St. George organizers, who provided access and interviews to the “Frontline” reporters for the past eight months, said they are already concerned based on the title of the segment and the 30-second preview that it will paint them in an unfair light.

The segment is called “Separate and Unequal,” and is billed as a documentary about education, class and race in America.

“School segregation is making a comeback, sixty years after the Supreme Court declared separate schools for black and white children unconstitutional,” a news release for the show says. “What’s behind the growing racial divide in America’s schools — and what’s the legacy of Brown v. the Board of Education?”

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