In response to NASCAR's ban
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Jun 25, 2020 approx 32 minutes ago.




PROTESTERS USE PLANE and Convoy to Defy Confederate Flag Ban In response to NASCAR's ban, a group called the Sons of Confederate veterans arranged for a small propeller plane to fly the Confederate Flag over the northern Alabama race track before Sunday's scheduled race while a caravan of cars paraded the rebel banner in front of Talladega's main entrance.

Paul C. Gramling Jr., who is listed as the SCV 'Commander in Chief,' told the Columbia Daily Herald on Tuesday that his nearly 123-year-old organization arranged for the banner to be flown over Talladega in response to that ban.

'NASCAR's banning the display of the Confederate battle flag by its fans is nothing less than trampling upon Southerners' First Amendment Right of free expression,' Gramling Jr. said. 'This un-American act shall not go unchallenged.