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On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 06:52:27 GMT, mr_potter <nospam@newsranger.com>
wrote:

>In article <slrn9i57ce.nj3.kt-alt@pug1.sprocketshop.com>, Kenneth P. Turvey
>says...

>>On Tue, 05 Jun 2001 21:50:00 -0500, Boomer <Boomer@NuKeSpaM.ROCK> wrote:

>>>Mayor Slay says he wants to be a "Mayor for all the people", so he
>>>removed the state flags of Mississippi and Georgia from the City Hall
>>>rotunda, because they are embedded with the confederate battle flag.  I
>>>guess "all the people" doesn't mean those with a southern heritage.

>>I was having a debate about this issue with a friend of mine some time
>>ago... I just didn't see spending time on the issue >at this late date.

>What color is your skin?

What color is that giant chip on shoulder?

>>I didn't see the confederate flag as a symbol of slavery, but of the
>>confederacy.  I really wouldn't care if all the states took it out of
>>their flags, but I would have prefered they spent their time on other
>>issues.

>Oh, you know how these State's Righter's can be....

>>He said something would change my opinion on this issue considerably.
>>Apparently many states included the confederate flag in their states
>>flags durring the political battles of the civil rights movment.  If
>>this is the case it really was a slap in the face to the people of color
>>in the communities... one that should be rectified.  The people this act
>>was intended to offend are still alive.  Their children are still alive.  

>>Unfortunately I haven't had the time to verify this. 

>You might look into a "colored" person's 

I thought "colored" was passe.

>face to "verify" this...honestly.

>>Does anyone have any information about when the confederate flags were
>>made a part of the flags of Mississippi and Georgia? 
>In Georgia's case it was 1964 or so...

Try 1956...if you're only talking about the Battle Ensign. The one
before that was modeled on the Stars And Bars.

Of course, this would mean a change was in the works long before
Brown vs Board of Education...

>MS would  follow...

MS would *precede* by many years, 62 years to be exact.

>this was done as a
>reaction to Federal anti - racist legislation (e.g. LBJ's Voting Rights
>Act.....).

Considering that the more recent of the two incorporations occurred
at least 7 years before LBJ became President, you're out to lunch.
-- 
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