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| | 1999-2000 Bill 655: Black Liberation Flag, dates to be flown atop State House, Buildings, Flags - www.scstatehouse.net ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | Whereas, such citizens have, through experience and history, used or adopted a flag to represent their struggle and unity under a common cause, both formally through various political and cultural associations and organizations, and informally by the incorporation of the colors of such flag in various insignia and memorabilia; and |
 | | Whereas, a flag originated in the early part of this century with Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association, an organization devoted to the liberation and equality of all citizens in the United States at a time when systematic inequality and blatant discrimination were a way of life; and |
 | | Whereas, the colors of the flag, red, fl, and green, have come to symbolize the evolution of the African-American rights so that the common practice is now the words of our Constitution. |
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