The Sons of Confederate Veterans are celebrating the 150th anniversary of South Carolina‘s secession from the Union and the start of the Civil War by holding a $100-a-ticket “Secession Ball”. The NAACP will publicly protest this event by holding a candlelight vigil followed by a Mass Meeting. The protest is themed “A Call for Unity: […]
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