May 19, 2000
NCAA Threatens to Join South Carolina Boycott
The National Collegiate Athletic Association announced last month that it would cancel meetings and championships to be held in South Carolina if the state did not remove the Confederate battle flag from its State House by August 11.
"The Confederate flag means many things to different individuals, but there is no question that to a significant number of our constituents, the flag is a symbol of oppression," Charles T. Wethington Jr., chairman of the
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