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Timeline 2015.
Timeline 2015.
May
22 2015 A conceptual-art project includes plans to burn and bury Confederate
flags in 13 mostly Southern states on Memorial Day. http://www.wsj.com/articles/battle-stirs-over-confederate-flag-1432332336
June
17 2015 shooting in Charleston, South Carolina kills 9 blacks. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/06/18/latest-on-charleston-shooting-police-say-killed-at-black-church-in-possible/
June 18 2015 #TakeItDown calls to remove Confederate Flags over Charleston shooting. http://www.whsv.com/home/headlines/TakeItDown-Regarding-Confederate-Flag-Trending-After-Charleston-Shooting-308496941.html
Jun 21 2015 · Walmart removes "all items"
promoting the Confederate flag from its stores and its website. Says, "We
never want to offend anyone with the products that we offer." http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/23/walmart-removes-confederate-flag-merchandise-from-stores
South
Carolina Governor Nikki Haley : Time to remove Confederate Flag. http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/22/politics/nikki-haley-confederate-flag-south-carolina-press-conference/index.html
June 22, 2015 Amazon bans
Confederate Flag
June
23 2015 Confederate flag stripped from toys but still flies on the Dukes show.
Prominent U.S. flag makers stop making
and selling Confederate battle flags.
June
27 2015 man shoots toy in Colorado. Dragged a wagon decorated with a
Confederate flag onto a public
street and shot the toy 9 times.
June 28 2015 Walmart boycotts show up on Facebook
A Louisiana man asks for an explanation from Walmart after his request for a Confederate flag cake was rejected, but a design with the ISIS flag was made.
Jun 29 2015 · A Christopher Columbus statue in Boston’s North End was vandalized with red paint and the phrase “Black Lives Matter.”
A Louisiana man asks for an explanation from Walmart after his request for a Confederate flag cake was rejected, but a design with the ISIS flag was made.
Jun 29 2015 · A Christopher Columbus statue in Boston’s North End was vandalized with red paint and the phrase “Black Lives Matter.”
HAMILTON, N.J. (WPVI) -- Police are
looking for the vandal who defaced a statue of Christopher Columbus in Mercer
County.
Jun 30 2015 · TV Land Pulls 'Dukes of Hazzard'
The head of a state authority that oversees Georgia's Stone Mountain Park says Confederate flags will continue flying at a memorial plaza.
July 1 2015 CNN Poll majority of US sees Confederate Flag as a symbol of Southern Pride
Nascar offers to swap US flag for Confederate Flags
Parody about Facebook banning posts with Confederate Flags rumor spreads as real news.
July 2 Nascar asks fans not to display Confederate Flag
The head of a state authority that oversees Georgia's Stone Mountain Park says Confederate flags will continue flying at a memorial plaza.
July 1 2015 CNN Poll majority of US sees Confederate Flag as a symbol of Southern Pride
Nascar offers to swap US flag for Confederate Flags
Parody about Facebook banning posts with Confederate Flags rumor spreads as real news.
July 2 Nascar asks fans not to display Confederate Flag
July
3 2015 US & Confederate flag burning sparks outrage, tension in New
York.
July 4 2015Minnesota firefighter flies Confederate
Flag on firetruck in Albert Lea parade
July 4 Brawl at Camp Tonkawa Springs Texas, Confederate flag then banned
July 05 2015 Phoenix protestors denounce Walmart pulling Confederate flag. Management asks protesters to leave the property.
July 4 Brawl at Camp Tonkawa Springs Texas, Confederate flag then banned
July 05 2015 Phoenix protestors denounce Walmart pulling Confederate flag. Management asks protesters to leave the property.
July 6 2015 Nascar fans
proudly display Confederate Flags.
July
7 2015 US House moves to ban Confederate Flags at federal cemeteries.
Jul
09 2015 · "It's a great day in South Carolina," the state's
Republican Governor Nikki Haley
said on Friday in an interview with NBC's "Today" show. Bill signed to remove Confederate flag.
said on Friday in an interview with NBC's "Today" show. Bill signed to remove Confederate flag.
July
10 2015 NCAA to lift South Carolina ban after Confederate Flag comes down.
July 11 2015 House scraps vote on Confederate Flag ban at federal cemeteries
July 11, 2015 Walmart won’t sell class ring with Confederate Flag says it will melt such rings down.
July 11, 2015 Confederate flag stolen from Stone Mountain
July 11 2015 House scraps vote on Confederate Flag ban at federal cemeteries
July 11, 2015 Walmart won’t sell class ring with Confederate Flag says it will melt such rings down.
July 11, 2015 Confederate flag stolen from Stone Mountain
July
11 2015 The NAACP lifted its 15-year economic boycott of South Carolina.
July
12 2015 gunfire heard at Confederate Flag rally
July 12 California is moving to ban the naming
of schools and roads after notable Confederates.
Jul
13, 2015 · The Atlanta branch of the NAACP advocates for the immediate removal
of all Confederate symbols from Stone Mountain outside Atlanta, Georgia.
Jul 15, 2015 · CHARLOTTE,
N.C. -- Police are investigating after two confederate monuments were
vandalized in Charlotte. Someone wrote 'racist' on the Confederate
July
20 2015 Anthony Hervey killed.
July
22 2015 Isaac Richmond digs up shovelful at Nathan Bedford Forrest grave.
July
26 2015 STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. Group protests the public display of Confederate
flags
"Public park, public place – these flags should be erased," one protester said.
"Public park, public place – these flags should be erased," one protester said.
Aug
1 2015 Pro Confederate flag rally at Stone Mountain. Thousands gathered.
