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December 20, 2010

NAACP Protests in South Carolina over Events Celebrating Secession
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The NAACP is organizing a march in Charleston, South Carolina today to
protest plans by the Sons of Confederate Veterans to hold a ball tonight
to mark the 150th anniversary of South Carolina’s secession from the
Union and the start of the Civil War. The ball will feature a
reenactment of the signing of South Carolina’s Ordinance of Secession.
Lonnie Randolph, state president of the NAACP, said, “This is nothing
more than a celebration of slavery."



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