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Morning News350 Marylanders Travel to South Carolina to Protest Confederate FlagAired January 17, 2000 - 9:03 a.m. ETTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: The march in South Carolina has attracted people from across the country. More than 300 people traveled by bus from Baltimore, Maryland to join that protest. Reporter Michael Hill of CNN affiliate WMAR was there when their journey began yesterday. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) MICHAEL HILL, WMAR REPORTER (voice-over): The ride for five buses left Baltimore's Bethel AME Church Sunday morning, bound for a huge national protest reminiscent of the days Dr. King and others challenged Southern lawmakers. CAROLYN JEFFERSON DRAYTON, PROTESTER: I've marched before, marched with Martin Luther King before, and I grew up in South Carolina, so I can say, sort of, I've got first hand on what it was like growing up. HILL: The issue this time is the Confederate flag flying on top of the statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina. Passions run deep on both sides of the flag, as the NAACP calls it one of the reprehensible aspects of American history. That's why Sgt. David Childs of Baltimore Police took the whole family along, his wife and children, 12 and 6. RENARD CHILDS, PROTESTER: We're trying to ban the Confederate flag from hanging on top of the capital building. SGT. DAVID CHILDS, PROTESTER: It's like a sign of oppression to African American people. DEBRA CHILDS, PROTESTER: I'm standing on the shoulders of my elders and previous generations that have participated in the Civil Rights Movement, and this is my time to do something and stand up and to voice the fact that the Confederate flag, which is a sign of oppression, needs to come down. HILL: The Childs family and other protesters will spend the night in a local church to honor the NAACP's national boycott of the state which has cost South Carolina hundreds of millions of dollars in canceled meetings. King Day at the dome will have an anticipated 20,000 demonstrators, 350 of them from Maryland. But the protest is not likely to move some state Republicans who insist the flag represents their heritage and honors those who fought for the Old South. They also recall the Republican governor who supported taking it down. He's now the ex-governor. (END VIDEOTAPE) HARRIS: That report from Michael Hill, our affiliate WMAR. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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