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The SCLoS Third Annual NAACP Rally Protest
On an unusually warm January morning of Monday 15th 2007 Red Shirts of the South Carolina League of the South met at the State House in Columbia to protest the hate organisation, the NAACP. This was the third year we have called for our Red Shirts together for this event. As most of you are aware, the city government of Columbia has forbidden the use of flag poles and we believe this action was done solely to prevent our beautiful starry cross from kissing the breeze. But as you also are aware, the SCLoS has more than our share of thinkers and one of our bright fellows, Director Jim Hanks, Jr., decided to order and bring to the protest a large number of Confederate flag shirts and vests. Almost all of our participant don one. Not only did a number of our people hold flags, but almost all wore them. You will see the impact they had when you visit the picture gallery. Enjoy!
We had a few in excess of thirty-five Red Shirts present and reporting for duty and for once the media (AP) actually reported the number correctly. We always would prefer that more of our members join us, but we really made a great showing with our flags and shirts. We again, this year, had to request that the police do their duty and remove two flag poles used by the NAACP. Robert Hayes would not quit pushing the police to do their duty until he got satisfaction. He informed the police that if the NAACP's poles were not removed, he would go to his van and return with ours. There was one black NAACP women that came sat down near our group and she informed some of our people that she had no problem with the Confederate flag; therefore they asked her if she wanted one and she said yes. One of our members then gave her a 12 X 18 flag which she waved while holding her NAACP sign.
There were two yankee carpetbagging presidential candidates (Chris Dodd and Joseph Biden) at the NAACP rally and they both attacked our flag. But we were ready for them. We had two signs each that read, South Carolina Does Not Want Chris Dodd and South Carolina Does Not Want Joseph Biden. Many of our members shouted, Go Home yankee. We dont believe that they will find many votes in South Carolina. The only ugly comments we received were from two tolerant white yankees. A woman held up her middle finger indicating her IQ and a man called us Nazis. Haven't yankees heard about PC? And we thought diversity was the cause of the day. Oh well!
Our annual protest of the NAACP was again a success and it lets everyone know that we are still here and we are not going away. We wrapped up the day in grand fashion by visiting Piggy Park for Maurice's barbecue and then went shopping at the Southern Patriot Shop in Cayce. How better could a Southern spend MLK Day?
Calling All Red Shirts On Monday 15 January 2007 the South Carolina League of the South will for the third year hold a protest rally in Columbia at the South side of the Capitol on Gervais Street. This Red Shirt rally will be held to protest the hate group, the NAACP, and their continuous attack on our noble Confederate flag and our wonderful Southern culture. Flagging the NAACP January 2006
This was the South Carolina League of the South second year of flagging the NAACP on MLK Day. As with all of our Red Shirt events, it was a lot of fun. We thoroughly enjoy taking the fight to our enemies. We, Southrons, have too long waited to be attacked and then tried to go on the defensive. As all of our members know, we started being much more aggressive three years ago and we have not and will not let up.
Our Red Shirts started gathering about 9:30 AM and by 10:00 AM we had our forces in place to welcome the hate group, the NAACP, as it marched up Main Street to the capitol. They were greeted with numerous Southern flags and many signs with messages such as: THE NAACP, THE CLAN WITH THE TAN; THE NAACP IS A HATE GROUP; THE NAACP LIES; THE STATE/NAACP IN BED TOGETHER; THE NAACP IS RACIST and THE NAACP HATES OUR SOUTHERN CULTURE just to list a few. They did not seem to like THE NAACP, THE CLAN WITH THE TAN sign at all. Quite a few of them took pictures of that sign. Robert Hayes was our designated spokesman and was interviewed by the Associated Press and Fox Television. Parts of his AP interview appeared in The Orangeburg Times and Democrat, The Charleston Post/Courier and The Charlotte Observer. He also had a brief appearance on Fox News referring to M. L. King as a communist.
Even though our day ended well, it got off to a rather bad start. We were first confronted by the Columbia constabulary and informed that we could not use the cardboard tubes that we had brought to attach our flags to, even though we had been told prior to the event that we could use them. They would not even let us use our 12 X 18 flags on the 2' sticks. Columbia's finest then tried to tell us we could not use our signs, but we simply ignored them, proceeded to our flagging area and no more were said to us. As the NAACP came marching by, we noticed that there were a few of them carrying flags on poles. As they had marched onto the capitol's grounds we notified some of the officers of the flagpoles, but got little response. We again notified other officers with the same results. Robert Hayes and Chairman Layden then decided to take pictures of the flagpoles that were in violation in case we wanted to bring a lawsuit against the city. They started walking through the NAACP crowd to get some close-up pictures. Robert took several and intended to get a little closer to take more when a SLED agent approached him and escorted him along with Chairman Layden back to our protest area. (You will see some of the pictures in the gallery.) We eventually got to talk to the right person in authority to complain about the illegal poles and they were finally removed. If the authorities had been as prompt with them as they were with us about the poles, we would not have had such a hassle. But we will not simply accept this uneven treatment. They, as many others in the past, learned that they were now dealing with the SCLoS and we are a different breed of animal. Even though the constabulary would not let us get close to the NAACP crowd, they let their people invade our area often. All of this was clear harassment and we are in the process of setting a meeting with city authorities to issue our complaint so this wont happen again.
After the flagging, about a dozen or more of us partook of some of Maurice's famous barbecue. We then paid a visit to our Cayce Southern Patriot Shop for a little shopping.
We had a League member from Boston fly to Columbia just to join us in the flagging. Now that is duty! We only wish that all of our SCLoS members had the same sense of duty. If that had been the case, we would have had far greater numbers on the front line in red shirts. We hope that you will join us next time.
The SCLoS and the NAACP do battle in Augusta 
Tom Stafford
(left), of Grovetown, and James Layden. of Bamberg, S.C.,
and the chairman of the South Carolina League of the
South, protest at the South Carolina NAACP convention.
Web posted
His message: Flush the NAACP. Other protesters held signs reading "Bob Young is a Scalawag" and hoisted king-sized Confederate flags high above their heads in objection to the Augusta mayor's removal of a Confederate flag from the city's river walk. Representatives from the Southern Legal Resource Center even delivered a letter formally requesting that Mayor Young and the Augusta commissioners return the flag to its pole along the brick promenade. No matter how they chose to display their messages, the 30 protesters outside the South Carolina NAACP's annual convention said they all were united in the belief that the controversial flag is a powerful symbol of heritage. Robert Hayes, state director of the South Carolina League of the South, said the NAACP's argument that the Confederate flag is racist is invalid and that it's the NAACP that is racist. "They attack it as being a symbol of slavery, but it was never an official flag of any govern- ment that endorsed slavery," he said. "The U.S. flag flew over the country during the era of slavery, so logically wouldn't they hate that flag too?" Augustan Carl Miller, a member of the Heritage Preservation Association, insisted Thursday that the flag has nothing to do with promoting slavery or hating blacks. "This flag didn't murder people," he said. "People didn't fly this flag over a single slave ship. There's no hate involved with this."
Reach Dena Levitz at (706) 823-3339 or dena.levitz@augustachronicle.com. Posted on Sun, Oct. 10, 2004 S.C. NAACP
CONVENTION Flag's foes, backers rally
AUGUSTA - The two sides rarely meet, but the issue keeps bringing them together. As a few hundred black delegates to the annual S.C. NAACP convention wrapped up business Saturday, about 100 white demonstrators waved Confederate flags on the street, protesting the presence of the civil-rights organization. "They basically brought their boycott of South Carolina into Georgia and demanded we bring down the Confederate flag," complained Woody Highsmith of Evans, Ga., one of the demonstrators. "I believe it was on their agenda to get the flag off these monuments." Highsmith and his allies contend that the national NAACP is on a mission to remove all symbols of the Confederacy from public view, starting with flags then concentrating on Confederate monuments. This latest confrontation was sparked when Augusta Mayor Bob Young ordered a Confederate flag be taken off Riverwalk Park, the city's most visible public attraction. Young removed the flag a few weeks ago at the request of Augusta's NAACP branch, which had consulted with the South Carolina branch. The mayor said local businesses and civic groups supported the flag's removal. "He wanted to change history," Highsmith said. The Rev. H.H. Singleton, president of the NAACP's Conway branch, says the issue is simple. "Listen," he said. "We're not against the Confederacy, just against the Confederacy flying the flag on the people's ground. "We're saying the Confederate flag is not a bona fide state flag (of) the state of South Carolina... . No flag, not the NAACP flag nor the Confederate flag, should fly at the state Capitol, except for the U.S. flag and the South Carolina flag." Singleton is the only South Carolina member who sits on the national board of the NAACP. The S.C. group held its meeting in Augusta to honor its continuing economic boycott of South Carolina over the flag issue. Many of the weekend's protesters actually have a problem with Georgia's recent history with the Confederate flag. Former Gov. Roy Barnes had the state flag changed from a Confederate design in 2001 to a blue field with small representations of several flags. The protesters said Barnes promised a referendum on a new flag design but didn't deliver. "Why can't we come together and reach some agreement?" asked Walter Riggins, a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Old Abbeville Camp 39. "All we ask is to stop taking away our flags and monuments. The people they (the NAACP) have a problem with is the Ku Klux Klan, not the banner." Riggins on Saturday wore a handmade gray infantry uniform replicating what he said his great-great-grandfather wore in the Civil War. "I'd be the first to say what happened to the blacks was wrong, hateful and awful. But the only way we'll ever settle this is for both sides to get together and stop the bigotry, stop the hatred." Meanwhile, protesters held up signs that read "The NAACP is a hate group" or "Flush the NAACP" or "NAACP racism." Various heritage groups participated in Saturday's demonstration. One group placed a broken toilet on the sidewalk across from the Radisson Riverfront Hotel Augusta and stuck the effigy of a man's body in it, head first. "The key to this whole thing is to teach the truth in our schools," said Michelle Hamlin of Atlanta, who waved a Confederate flag. "Teach ... that there was love in the families (between slaves and slave masters). "We love those antebellum homes, but oh, don't talk about slavery. Whites feel that we are not gonna get anywhere until whites and blacks learn history and settle on the truth. Education is the key." Hamlin said that the South's history-laden tourism industry is at risk for both blacks and whites because of "constant friction" about the Confederate flag. She suggested that whites and blacks should "unite" as Southerners. "This is not a black and white thing, it's a culture thing," said Rex Johnson of south Atlanta, who carried a Confederate flag draped over his shoulder. "What I want is the right to teach our children to be proud of our culture, and we want the nation to know we have the right to teach our children about our culture." Sen. John Matthews, D-Orangeburg, an NAACP member, said there still is a problem. "You have two organizations looking at the same thing and seeing something different. We see that as a racist symbol of slavery. That's a symbol of the past. They won't turn the past aloose. As long as that flag represents racism and the past, there will always be conflict." A spokesman for the Richmond County Sheriff's Office said the department had 35 officers on duty for the day of protest and there were no incidents or arrests. Reach Burris at (803) 771-8398 or rburris@thestate.com.
NAACP urges wider S.C. boycott
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The state NAACP says it's renewing talks with the NCAA and black religious organizations to strengthen economic sanctions against South Carolina. NAACP state President Lonnie Randolph would not say what additional actions the NCAA might be asked to take in support of its boycott. He says an announcement could be made within a month. Randolph spoke at the NAACP annual convention being held through tomorrow in Augusta, Georgia. The state NAACP has held its convention in neighboring states for the past three years as part of its boycott against South Carolina for continuing to fly the Confederate flag on the Statehouse grounds in Columbia. The boycott was declared in 2000, after the state pulled the Confederate flag from atop the Statehouse and moved it to a monument on the grounds.
The SCLoS takes on the NAACP
In the summer of 2004 we became aware of the fact that he South Carolina NAACP would hold its state convention during the second week of October and because they are still calling for the boycott of South Carolina, they were to meet in Augusta, Georgia. We decided that if they could go to Augusta, we could too. We planned to flag them during their convention. As we planned our protest we contacted the Georgia League about helping us. They agreed and we especially got strong support from the Augusta chapter. We knew that because most of our people work, our ranks would probably be rather thin on Thursday the 7th and Friday the 8th, but we figured that we would be able to muster thirty to forty on Saturday the 9th. But as often happens, our enemies step forward to give us aid.
About two weeks before the convention, Augusta scalawag mayor, Bob Young, at the request of the South Carolina NAACP removed two Second National Confederate flags from the River Walk near where the racist NAACP was to hold its convention. Well, I do not need to tell you that he poked a stick squarely into a Southern hornet nest. Of course, his action angered the SCV, Georgia flaggers and other Southern heritage groups. On Thursday the 7th we had between thirty to thirty-five sign-carrying, flag waving Southrons on the picket line. On Friday the 8th our ranks were a bit thinner, but we were still able to muster about twenty to twenty-five sturdy sons and daughters of the South. But Saturday the 9th presented a sight to warm the heart of any true Southern. We had between one hundred twenty-five and one hundred fifty flag waving, sign carrying, cheering, Rebel-yelling, happy Southern partisans manning the picket lines. And we had signs, oh but did we have signs. To quote a few: THE NAACP IS A HATE GROUP; THE NAACP IS RACIST; THE NAACP HATES OUR SOUTHERN CULTURE; THE NAACP LIES; YOUNG/NAACP IN BED TOGETHER; YOUNG/NAACP ONE AND THE SAME; BOB YOUNG IS A SCALAWAG; and BOB YOUNG ONCE A LIAR ALWAYS A LIAR. You may have noticed that we recycled some of our scalawag Beasley signs. There were, we believe, more flags than flaggers, because we had stuck quite a number of flag poles with flags in the ground and a few flaggers carried two flags. Of course the South Carolina League of the South had our big SCLoS banner there for all to see. And yes, we had our commode on the sidewalk with our up-side-down half man and signs that read FLUSH THE NAACP. As usual, it was often photographed.
Quite a number of our South Carolina League members appeared on television and several were quoted in various newspapers. Our chairman, James Layden, had his picture in the Augusta Chronicle. The racist, South-hating NAACP is used to protesting, but not used to being protested. We can only say that there is a new day in Dixie and our enemies must get use to us coming after them.
We declare that the three days of protesting was an unqualified success. We want to extend a big Dixie thank you to the Georgia League of the South for the aid they provided us. Also we thank the SCV members and other Southern heritage members that joined us. And because he helped swell our ranks, perhaps we should thank scalawag Mayor Bob Young. One thing we can say about his actions in the matter is: dumb, dumb, dumb! When will these Southern politicians ever learn?
Press Release South Carolina League of the South 7, 8 and 9 October 2004
The South Carolina League of the South is here today to protest the racist NAACP for their deliberate attacks on all things Southern. They continue to spew hatred and division among South Carolinians and practice bigotry with a passion. They engage in extortion of businesses and continue an illegal secondary boycott of the entire state of South Carolina.
They are a despicable group of malcontents that contribute nothing to society while crying, pity me as they tear down everything around them. They frighten weak-kneed politicians, such as scalawag Mayor Bob Young into doing their dirty work while they sit back and gloat.
They do not deserve and will not get sympathy for their racial bigotry from the South Carolina League of the South.
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