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Blacks join Confederate Army heritage group By Keisha Stewart BlackNews.com As some Black people trace their family history, they may find Confederate soldiers related to them. Some of them join a somewhat controversial Southern heritage group for various reasons after learning about their family connection to the Civil War. In Long Beach, California, the Hollands didn’t join the Sons of Confederate Veterans to support the Southern heritage or the beloved blazing stars and bars. As William Holland mined his family’s history, he found that their great grandfather, Creed Holland, a Virginia slave, worked as a teamster for the Confederate Army...