Slideshow: Blacks and whites square off on secession
SLIDESHOW - The memory of the Civil War collided with modern-day civil rights Monday as protesters targeted a 'Secession Ball'...
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) — The memory of the Civil War collided with modern-day civil rights Monday as protesters targeted a “Secession Ball,” commemorating the state of South Carolina’s decision exactly 150 years ago to secede from the United States of America.
As blacks and whites gathered in the twilight with electric candles and signs for a protest by the NAACP, a predominantly white group of men in old-fashioned tuxedos and women in long-flowing dresses and gloves stopped to watch and take pictures before going into the Charleston auditorium where the ball was taking place.
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