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Mississippi Will Keep The Confederate Symbol On Its State Flag
Here’s What It’s Like Inside A Pro-Confederate Flag Rally
WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 1,300 people were expected to attend a “Southern Heritage” rally in support of the Confederate flag on Saturday in front of the U.S. Capitol. Fewer than 50 showed up.
In the wake of this summer’s horrific murders of nine black churchgoers — committed by a manwho admired the Confederate flag — universities and state governments have faced heated calls to remove the flag from their public spaces. In response, many have taken down the symbols, prompting fierce backlash including pro-flag rallies in Alabama, Georgia, and now Washington, D.C.
In interviews with ThinkProgress, members of the small crowd said they wanted the U.S. government to hear their messages: preserve Confederate symbols, and squash the Black Lives Matter movement.
South Carolina Governor Insists Confederate Flag Lovers ‘Are Not Racist’
When South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was 10 years old, she watched shop owners in rural South Carolina call the police on her father, an immigrant from India, just because he was wearing a turban. Haley told the story of how this discrimination made her feel shamed and silenced in a speech at the National Press Club in D.C. on Wednesday about “Lessons from a New South,” but she also asserted that such racism has since been largely eradicated from the region.
S.C removes confederate flag from the state house
A historic vote
It’s coming down Friday at 10am
It’s about time!
Update: it’s coming down at 10am at Friday
This Speech From A Descendant Of Jefferson Davis Brought Down The Confederate Flag In South Carolina
A historic vote