NAACP Will Continue To Boycott South Carolina

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People reaffirmed economic sanctions against South Carolina's tourism industry at its 95th Annual Convention in Philadelphia. In the resolution, approved last week, convention delegates said that "the State of South Carolina continues to exhibit a Confederate mentality in responding to the interests of African Americans living within its borders, evidenced most notably by its insistence upon having the Confederate battle flag flown in a sovereign position at the Capitol." The civil rights group renewed its call for the flag to be placed in a museum or other place of historical significance. [more]