{"id":435,"date":"2017-08-29T19:14:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T19:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cbm2.cbehs.com\/?p=435"},"modified":"2017-08-29T19:14:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T19:14:10","slug":"sclc-protests-against-confederate-symbol-in-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallifeinsight.com\/tli\/blog\/sclc-protests-against-confederate-symbol-in-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"SCLC Protests Against Confederate Symbol in Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Southern Christ<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">ian Leadership Conference (SCLC)<\/span> Protest Against Confederate Symbol in a Cemetery<\/h6>\n<p>The first I became aware of the issue was a few years ago.&nbsp; I was researching the status of the Southern Christ<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">ian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the organization founded and led by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In doing so, one of the things I found was that the SCLC had protested against Confederate Flags being in a cemetery in Georgia<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2011\/08\/10\/blacks-protest-confederate-flags-at-georgia-cemetery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;-U&quot;}\">http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2011\/08\/10\/blacks-protest-confederate-flags-at-georgia-cemetery.html<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flagmakers.co.uk\/news\/confederate-flag-controversy-at-atlanta-cemetery-177093\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;-U&quot;}\">https:\/\/www.flagmakers.co.uk\/news\/confederate-flag-controversy-at-atlanta-cemetery-177093\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, SCLC members were burying one of the major Civil Rights leaders.&nbsp; While doing so, they observed the Confederate Flag in the cemetery honoring someone buried there.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I thought to myself how silly and a waste of SCLC time and resources. I thought to myself for goodness sake the people are dead. Both the Confederate Soldier and the Civil Rights leader being buried are dead.&nbsp; It is a cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>Now I am wondering if this whole flag\/statue\/monument thing is not some long term strategy on the part of some folks.<\/p>\n<p>As shall be shown in my discussion of private cemeteries as part of the solution, I now understand the contribution of the aforementioned SCLC act in that cemetery a few years ago.&nbsp; I understand it to be part of a long term strategy to root out racism and its symbolism in America.&nbsp;Now I am more aware of the significance of the Confederate symbols and their history in general and their purported intent in particular.<\/p>\n<p>Removal of Confederate symbols from cemeteries is not something I would give priority to as there are other things that I consider far greater priority.&nbsp; But, I understand that some people see such removal as their priority and their mission.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, it is true that the parts contribute to the whole.&nbsp; People doing different things contributes to progress.&nbsp; Indeed, as the Bible says all things work together for the good of them who love the Lord and who are called according to his purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Protest Against Confederate Symbol in a Cemetery The first I became aware of the issue was a few years ago.&nbsp; I was researching the status of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the organization founded and led by Rev. 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