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Confederate Symbols of Civil War Divide U.S. 150 Years On
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25.06.2015
Following the massacre in South Carolina by a shooter who claimed he hoped to start a race war, more and more voices across the U.S. South are calling for banishing the banner of the pro-slavery Confederacy. It's a fast-growing movement that adds new emotion and tensions to a year of soul-searching over race in America. From Alabama to Mississippi, Louisiana to Tennessee and beyond, politicians distanced themselves from flags and statues memorializing southern heroes of the 1861-65 Civil War. Retailers such as Amazon and eBay have now prohibited the sale of Confederate flags, and, despite complaints from Civil War re-enactors and members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, many politicians have called for its removal from city and state government buildings.
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