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Confederate Flag Issues Move Basketball Tournament From S.C.

Written by News One on July 7, 2009 10:34 am

Concerns about the Confederate flag have led the Atlantic Coast Conference to move three future baseball tournaments out of South Carolina.

The league said Monday that it instead will hold its championship in Durham, N.C., in 2011 and ‘13 and in Greensboro in 2012.

The ACC previously awarded the tournament to Myrtle Beach, S.C., from 2011-13. That decision drew criticism from the NAACP, which has boycotted South Carolina for flying the Confederate flag from the state capitol grounds.

Commissioner John Swofford says the tournament was awarded to Myrtle Beach with the understanding that discussions were held with groups that had sensitivities regarding the flag, but that “it has become clear this was not the case.”

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/maatra/ maatra

    Ask yo self ppl how many africans lost their lives under the red white and blue compared to that confederate flag

    The british flag has killed over 200 million africans the conederate flag don’t even compare

    We need to tear down and burn the red white and blue both amerikkkan and england.

    And keep in mind that both flag designs were taken from afrika

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/samsthewon/ samsthewon

    It definately represent’s racism.It did historically(KKK-birth/Civil War era)Even to this very day.I agree with the comment about the American flag and large number’s of African American’s,dying for it.Just to face injustice…home and sometimes abroad!Still to this very day.Put on a uniform just to still get called the “N-word”

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