Activists push Durham Fair to ban Confederate flag, memorabilia displays- DURHAM A local activist group is calling on the state’s largest agricultural fair to ban the sale or display of Confederate flags, calling it “a symbol to intimidate and promote a hate agenda.”The Middlefield-Durham Racial Justice Team wants the.
Petition calling on Durham Fair to prohibit Confederate flags revived for Martin Luther King Day
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Logos from the 2019 Durham FairHearst Connecticut Media file photo
DURHAM A petition to ensure there are no exhibits, memorabilia or other displays of the Confederate flag at the Durham Fair, initiated and submitted to the association by a local racial justice coalition, was recently reinvigorated to coincide with Martin Luther King Day.
In the petition, members of the Middlefield-Durham Racial Justice Team asked that the Confederate flag and all related memorabilia not be permitted at the event.
“We feel that the time to make this change is now. While some may say that the flag is a symbol of Southern heritage, it is clear that it also is used as a symbol of white supremacy and as a tool of oppression,” the post read.