Thread: Geo. Washington banned from NAACP rally -covered in plywood

Monday, January 17, 2011George Washington Statue Hidden In Box By NAACP

From: C.M. Sullivan
Subject: Geo. Washington banned from NAACP rally

Date: Monday, January 17, 2011, 2:17 PM

The annual MLK observance at the state house in Columbia SC had an interesting twist this year. The event is held on the north side steps of the statehouse. Prominent at that location is a large bronze statue of George Washington. This year, the NAACP constructed a "box" to conceal the Father of His Country from view so that participants would not be offended by his presence.



Adobe flashplayer at link.

http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2 ... n-box.html

MORE: Rally draws 1,200 to State House
By JOHN O’CONNOR - joconnor@thestate.com

Marchers once again took on the Confederate flag during Monday’s King Day at the Dome rally, but they also spoke out against the 150th anniversary of South Carolina’s secession and legislative proposals to cut state spending on education and pass tougher anti-illegal immigration laws.



Anthony Wingard of Columbia waves the peace sign while Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" plays over the loud speakers. Hundreds of people attended the prayer service, march and rally at the State House, Monday morning at the annual King Day at the Dome event. (photos by Kim Kim Foster-Tobin kkfoster@thestate.com) -



Hundreds of people attended the prayer service, march and rally at the State House, Monday morning at the annual King Day at the Dome event.

- Kim Kim Foster /kkfoster@thestate.com
Read more: http://www.thestate.com/2011/01/17/1650 ... z1BOiB8fBg


Gallery: MLK Day around Columbia

The rally, sponsored by the S.C. NAACP, drew more than 1,200 to the State House’s north plaza, where the battle flag flies as part of a Confederate soldier monument. A 2000 legislative compromise moved the flag from the State House dome to the monument, but the NAACP wants the flag removed from the grounds entirely.


The rally’s most heated moment came early, when S.C. NAACP president Lonnie Randolph spoke of a December formal ball in Charleston marking the 150th anniversary of the state’s secession. The celebration was an insult, Randolph said, similar to celebrating the massacre of Native Americans at Wounded Knee, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, or holding a 9/11 party.


“The NAACP is not going to allow South Carolina to insult them,â€

Really?? Really? Like, if ya cover George up, its as if he was never there, huh? I dont get it.

Also, the NAACP agreed to move the flag to where it is now, and so now they say, "oops my bad, we changed our minds"....so a deal is not a deal now?

If the NAACP (who resent the term colored people, but keep the CP...another thing I dont get) put the kind of work in the fighting of losing black youth to gangs, school drop out rates, teen pregnancy and drugs that they put into fighting a flag, one can only wonder the strides they could make.

An answer to that statement is a quote I would love to hear.

[quote] “The D is in the house.â€

"What's funny is George Washington and Martin Luther King were both fighting for the same thing!" "FREEDOM!"
You sure that's not a statue of George W. Bush?