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Article: CONFEDERATE FLAG STIRS BIG DIXIE PROTEST MARCHERS DEMAND SOUTH CAROLINA PULL DOWN CAPITAL'S STARS AND BARS.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- January 18, 2000
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Decrying the Confederate flag as a symbol of slavery and racism, about 46,000 people marched to South Carolina's Statehouse on Martin Luther King Day to demand the banner be taken down.
They also said the slain civil rights leader should be honored with a permanent state holiday. South Carolina state workers now can take off on the King holiday or another of their choice, including one of several tied to Confederate anniversaries.
``The flag is coming down today,'' marchers sang as they walked six blocks from a downtown church to the Statehouse. Some carried signs reading, ``Your heritage is my slavery.''
Across the country, Americans remembered ...