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“The only thing Dylann Roof hijacked in Charleston, South Carolina on June 17, 2015 was the lives of nine innocent Black people and the loved ones they left behind." -SPLC's Interim President & CEO Karen Baynes Dunning

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"History books show that the Civil War was actually fought to maintain the institution of slavery, with over 750,000 American lives lost in the wake of treasonous acts. Their self-serving actions did not represent service, sacrifice, or heritage." - SPLC's Karen Baynes-Dunning
"Because Dylann Roof bought into the Confederacy’s revisionist history, he continued the trend that white supremacists set 150 years ago by using Confederate symbols to honor traitors who fought to preserve the enslavement of Black people." - SPLC's Karen Baynes-Dunning
"Blaming the national media for Dylann Roof’s well-documented premeditated actions plays on the intelligence of the American people and fast and loose historical facts.” - SPLC's Karen Baynes-Dunning
Read our report Whose Heritage to learn more about Confederate symbols: splcenter.org/data-projects/…
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The Hallmark Channel pulled Zola ads featuring two women kissing after the American Family Association started a petition.
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American Family Association is an anti-LGBT hate group that equates being gay to pedophilia and argues that there is a “homosexual agenda” to cause the downfall of American civilization.
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