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Battle over Confederate symbols fans old and new South
The dispute pits black lawmakers and civil rights leaders against Southern heritage groups over state songs and Confederate flags in public venues. Florida Virginia Georgia Maryland South Carolina debate spans Capitol displays and Olympic tensions. Figures cited include Bertram Wyatt Brown Ronald Clemmons Joe Beasley and Stephen Engle.
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Johnny Rebel
South
Bertram Wyatt-Brown
University of Florida
Florida
Swanee River
Stephen Foster
South Carolina
Louisiana
Clemmons
Tennessee
Richard Gamble
Palm Beach Atlantic College
America
Old South
New South
Ku Klux Klan
Joe Beasley
Southern Heritage
Beasley
Klan