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Confederate flag's removal turns King Day into celebration (SC)
Associated Press ^ | Jan 18, 2016 6:02 AM EST | Jeffrey Collins

Posted on 01/18/2016 8:14:35 AM PST by Olog-hai

Civic leaders, activists, artists and others are celebrating, marching and paying homage Monday to Martin Luther King Jr., marking the 30th anniversary of the federal holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader.

In South Carolina, civil rights leaders planned a march to their state capitol as in past years when their rally highlighted calls to remove the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds.

The King Day at the Dome gathering began in 2000 with that call. Last July, organizers got their wish as South Carolina swiftly removed the flag which had flown at the capitol for more than 50 years after what police said was a racially motivated shooting that claimed nine lives at a church in Charleston. ...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: columbia; confederateflag; dixie; liberalagenda; lincolnsbirthday; memoryhole; mlk; mlkbirthday; presidentsday; washingtonsbirthday
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To: Olog-hai

Just another step of reparation, sans money.


21 posted on 01/18/2016 9:51:36 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: Olog-hai

As soebarkah hates it too, there must be some Good in it.
22 posted on 01/18/2016 9:58:05 AM PST by onedoug
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Civic leaders, activists, artists and others...

The usual, non-productive types, huh?

23 posted on 01/18/2016 10:41:20 AM PST by BwanaNdege
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To: BwanaNdege

Can’t be left-wing without being unproductive. Only the serfs must be charged with “increasing the total productive forces as rapidly as possible”. One makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.


24 posted on 01/18/2016 12:07:07 PM PST by Olog-hai
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