Louisiana Supreme Court Sees Problems with the Confederate Flag, but Allows it to Wave for Now
In 1951, in response to the burgeoning civil rights movement, Caddo Parish, Louisiana defiantly raised a Confederate flag outside the entrance to its courthouse. It flies there today. In 2009, long-time Caddo Parish resident Carl Staples, an Africa...
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