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Source: GoUpstate.com
Breaking News
11-1-10

No end to NAACP boycott for SC Civil War events

CHARLESTON — A black South Carolina lawmaker hopes the NAACP will end its tourism boycott of the state as the 150th anniversary of the Civil War approaches.

The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Sen. Robert Ford says it's time for the 11-year boycott to end....
Read entire article at GoUpstate.com