During a Black History Month celebration at Carvers Bay High School, the Rev. Kylon Middleton spent about 20 minutes talking about the accomplishments of the black community and encouraging all students, regardless of race, to succeed despite adversity.

But it's the five minutes of his speech when he mentioned "black power" and said "black is beautiful" that has a handful of white parents upset.

So far at Carvers Bay High School there have been no reported incidents of racial disharmony since the school opened in 2000. The school is one of two formed after the U.S. Department of Justice issued a desegregation order in 1996.

Parents phoned the district late Thursday with complaints that their children had felt uncomfortable during the schoolwide assembly, when students raised their fists in the air and chanted "black is back."

Middleton said it was not his intent to make the white students feel uncomfortable.

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