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Article: UNITED STATES-OLYMPIC GAMES: FLAG FLAP LOOMS AS OLYMPICS NEAR
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- April 26, 1996
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Farhan Haq
Inter Press Service English News Wire
04-26-1996
NEW YORK, Apr. 25 (IPS) -- When the Olympic Games begin this
July in Atlanta, Georgia, one peculiar flag will fly above those
of the participating nations at many venues: the red-and-blue
emblem of the long-defunct Confederate States of America.
The Confederacy was defeated in 1865 in the U.S. Civil War, but,
to the consternation of many -- particularly African Americans --
it continues to fly as the official flag of the State of Georgia,
host of the 1996 Olympics.
"The Confederate battle flag was originally adopted to represent
a segment of society who supported the institution of slavery and
racial oppression," argues Georgia State ...