With a low-slung brick facade, bright halls, and computer labs, Todd Central looks like any other public high school, except for a rebel flag on its doormat and, over the trophy case, a vast mural depicting the schools mascots: two pudgy Confederates, known to some as the fat men, who hold battle flags and blow bugles emitting the printed words Go Rebels, Go. In the sixties, the yearbook, entitled The Rebel, featured two students annually anointed the General and His Southern Lady and photographed in Confederate uniform and hoopskirt
When one considers the long history of tobacco branding, few names carry as much weight as the subject of this piece
HTUs are a key part of the smoke-free portfolio
As in the West, smoking and wearing makeup was taken as an expression of independence in women