] LEXINGTON, Kentucky (AP) -- A teenager is suing her
] school district for barring her from the prom last spring
] because she was wearing a dress styled as a large
] Confederate battle flag.
]
] The lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court claims
] the Greenup County district and administrators violated
] Jacqueline Duty's First Amendment right to free speech
] and her right to celebrate her heritage at predominantly
] white Russell High School's prom May 1. She also is suing
] for defamation, false imprisonment and assault.
]
] "Her only dance for her senior prom was on the sidewalk
] to a song playing on the radio," said her lawyer,
] Earl-Ray Neal.