Defenders of Confederate Symbols Mount a Counterattack
By CAMERON MCWHIRTER
Updated Jan. 1, 2016 10:13 p.m. ET
... Sharon Brown, a 43-year-old African-American activist who has launched an effort to remove the Confederate battle emblemthe Southern Crossfrom the Mississippi flag, said that her work brought hundreds of supporters to march through Jackson calling for the change. Several cities and colleges in the state have already removed the flag.
Her work also brought nasty phone calls to her home, with strangers yelling the normal ignorant remarks, she said. Change is never easy ...
Dewey Barber, owner of Confederate flag retailer Dixie Outfitters, in Odum, Ga., said sales have overwhelmed his company last summer and fall. Many flags are out of stock as suppliers rush to fill orders, he said. Its off the charts ...
In Georgia, a battle erupted at Stone Mountain, a granite outcropping east of Atlanta that bears 90-foot-tall likenesses of Confederate leaders chiseled in its side ... State law explicitly requires rebel flags at the park ...
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