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struggle4progress

(118,320 posts)
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 01:22 PM Aug 2016

Petition Against Confederate Flags at BBB (AR)

By Hilary Hunt | hhunt@knwa.com
Published 08/03 2016 10:40PM
Updated 08/04 2016 10:44AM


... A parade of bikes of more than a hundred thousand people flooding Dickson Street is an annual tradition in Fayetteville, but what accompanies some of those riders has community members like Angela Courage uneasy.

"It just was a threatening and a frightening environment to me because that symbol means something beyond southern heritage," Petition Co-Author Angela Courage said ...

We reached out to the organizers of Bikes Blues and Barbecue but have not heard back ...


http://www.nwahomepage.com/news/fox-24/petition-against-confederate-flags-at-bbb

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Petition Against Confederate Flags at BBB (AR) (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2016 OP
The sound of the motorcycles is overwhelming and deafening WhiteTara Aug 2016 #1
Signed. n/t sinkingfeeling Aug 2016 #2

WhiteTara

(29,719 posts)
1. The sound of the motorcycles is overwhelming and deafening
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 01:32 PM
Aug 2016

I truly dislike that weekend. There are always a few wrecks and highway deaths.

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