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Confederate President Jefferson Davis' oath of office to be re-created in Alabama
Published: Sunday, December 26, 2010, 6:00 PM
By The Associated Press
Hundreds of Civil War re-enactors will parade up the main street of Montgomery, Ala., to the state Capitol on Feb. 19 to re-create the swearing-in of Confederate President Jefferson Davis 150 years ago.
African-American leaders might protest nearby with a message that the Confederacy should be remembered with shame for trying to keep blacks enslaved rather than with celebration.
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NAACP Protests 'Secession Ball' In South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. â The memory of the Civil War collided with modern-day civil rights Monday as protesters targeted a "Secession Ball," commemorating South Carolina's decision exactly 150 years ago to secede from the United States of America.
As blacks and whites gathered in the twilight with electric candles and signs for an NAACP protest, a predominantly white group of men in old-fashioned tuxedos and women in long-flowing dresses and gloves stopped to watch and take pictures before going into the Charleston auditorium where the ball was taking place.
NAACP leaders said it made no sense to hold a gala to honor men who committed treason against their own nation for the sake of a system that kept black men and women in bondage as slaves.