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SC gov hopeful calls for Confederate flag removal
Columbia :: SC :: USA | 9 days ago
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South Carolina should remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds if it wants to grow its economy, a Democrat running for governor said Thursday. "The Confederate Flag debate continues to hold our state back...The flag at a monument to Confederate...
Tags: confederate flag, South Carolina, Columbia, Flags of the Confederate States of America, Vincent A. Sheheen, United States Capitol, The State, Politics, Richland County South Carolina, States of the United States, Columbia South Carolina, Southern United States, Glenn F. McConnell
Homestead Confederate flag controversy leads to parade cancelation
Homestead :: FL :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility A controversy over the display of a Confederate flag has led to the cancellation of a Homestead Veteran's Day Parade, the South Florida Times reports. The Military Affairs Committee of Homestead's chamber of commerce voted to cancel the Nov. 11 event...
Tags: confederate flag
South Carolina upsets Mississippi
South Carolina's football team defeated #4 ranked Mississippi last night 16-10 in South Carolina. So far during this college football season, a Top 5 team has lost every week, which will make for an interesting season for the rest of the year. ...
Tags: South Carolina, Mississippi, college football, Jevan Snead, Steve Spurrier, Confederate flag
Ode to South Carolina: The Poet's Corner
This ode goes to the only state where its capitol flies the 'Stars and Bars.'Because South Carolina and the Confederacy have something in common: they're both subpar.The state associates itself with the Confederate flag because they are so used to losing.That...
Tags: South Carolina, Mark Sanford, US Rep. Joe Wilson, Joseph C. Wilson, Mark Sanford, Confederate flag, stars and bars, immigration
Confederate flag not a states' rights issue
When I was 21 years old, I realized how little I knew about anything other than my own sheltered background. I went to work as a bank teller in Washington, D.C., at a branch bank about a dozen blocks north of the Capitol building on North Capitol St....
Tags: racism, slavery, Confederate flag, South Carolina
Tenn. student's Confederate flag suit thrown out
Knoxville :: TN :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility A federal judge says a Tennessee school's ban on Confederate clothing was a reasonable attempt to prevent disruptions because of previous racial threats at the school...District Judge Tom Varlan threw out a former student's free speech lawsuit against...
Tags: confederate flag, federal judge, Anderson County High School
ACC pulls conference baseball tournament from Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach :: SC :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility South Carolina because of the Confederate flag, although there was an agreement in 2005 between conference presidents that allowed the ACC to hold such events in the state on a case by case basis, according to a statement from the ACC. Myrtle Beach, but...
Tags: Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC, baseball tournaments, Durham Bulls Park, confederate flag, Myrtle Beach, Greensboro, N.C, South Carolina
Confederate flag may end Homestead parade
Homestead :: FL :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility The popular Veterans Day parade in Homestead -- one of the oldest in the county -- may be called off after a controversy erupted over the Confederate battle flag being flown last November. The board of directors of the Homestead/Florida City Chamber of...
Tags: confederate flag
Court turns away suit over Confederate flag shirts
Nashville :: TN :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility Tenn. — A full federal appeals court won't hear a lawsuit by three Tennessee students threatened with suspension if they wore Confederate flag T-shirts. A three-judge panel ruled in August that Blount County, just south of Knoxville, could ban the clothing.
Tags: confederate flag
Florida giant Confederate flag gets bigger
Tampa :: FL :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Fla. (AP) A giant Confederate battle flag that has been raised several times at the crossroads of two major highways near Tampa has been replaced with an even bigger flag. The Sons of Confederate Veterans hoisted the new 30-by-60-foot flag Sunday near...
Tags: confederate flag
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