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NAACP Ends Boycott of South Carolina After Confederate Flag Removed

HeadlineJul 13, 2015

The NAACP has voted to end its 15-year boycott of South Carolina after the state removed the Confederate battle flag from the Capitol grounds. In a statement, the NAACP said the flag’s removal does not end discrimination, but “does symbolize an end to the reverance of and adherence to values that support racially-based chattel slavery.” The flag’s removal came just over three weeks after nine African-American churchgoers were massacred in Charleston, South Carolina, by a white suspect who embraced the Confederate flag.

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