NAACP urges commission boycott until Gen. Lee portrait removed
180 views · Published 23 June 2015 · 1:41 · Indexed 30 October 2026
Channel: Gulf Coast News · 2015 · News & Politics
Man are calling for removal of the Confederate flag from South Carolina government buildings. In Southwest Florida, the local NAACP chapter is calling for a boycott of all Lee County commission meetings that take place in council chambers - until a portrait of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, for whom Lee County is named, is removed.
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