Wal-Mart and Sears have stopped selling Confederate-themed merchandise.
"Black Loves Matter" has been spray painted on a Confederate monument in Charleston, S.C..
There is a street in New York City named for a Confederate general. The central street of Fort Hamilton is named General Lee Avenue. Robert E. Lee served as the base engineer there before the Civil War. There is a movement to rename it.
Also, it is pointed out that at least ten military bases around the country are named after Confederates.
Georgia's NAACP says Confederate flags should be removed at all state courthouses and other public properties.
Blacks have been trying to have the Confederate flag at the South Carolina statehouse removed since the 1970s.
EBay and Amazon are removing Confederate flag items from their sites.
NASCAR is backing the removal of the Confederate flag at the S.C. statehouse.
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