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Article: Black Baptist group boycotts S. Carolina: Flying of Confederate flag irks members.(Nation)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 4, 1999
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The nation's "progressive" black Baptists voted yesterday to boycott South Carolina until it furls the Confederate flag on its capitol, and the denomination's president endorsed Vice President Al Gore for the White House in 2000.
"We shall not do business in South Carolina," said the Rev. C. Mackey Daniels after a voice vote of the Progressive National Baptist Convention Inc., which expects to draw 7,000 delegates and visitors here this week.
Later in the morning, Mr. Mackey introduced Mr. Gore as "soon to be the president of the United States of America."
Mr. Gore - who gave the day's longest speech at the church meeting - portrayed ...