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]
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