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Two residents ask fair to ban Confederate flags (NY)
11 hours ago • KATHLEEN MOORE
... “This is the flag we were lynched by. This is our oppression” ... “New York State lost 60,000 people to defeat that flag,” Mealy said. “That flag is the enemy. It went to war against us” ...
Her sign said, “Slavery: Let’s vilify it, not glorify it” ... Then fair officials told her to leave ...
The contract .. says fair management reserves the right to refuse to allow vendors to sell any item ...
http://poststar.com/news/local/two-residents-ask-fair-to-ban-confederate-flags/article_cb368e40-47da-5cf7-aec2-ad9d1083b7a7.html
