FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 27, 2015

Contacts: Michele Setteducato, michele@fitzgibbonmedia.com, 732-614-3818

Columbia, SC — Today, concerned citizens took down the confederate flag from the South Carolina Statehouse. Bree, an educator from North Carolina, scaled the pole to take down the flag. Bree was read her Miranda rights as she came down and was immediately taken into custody.

Rashad Robinson, executive director of ColorOfChange.org, came out in support of the action by local activists saying, “The confederate flag was born out of a government defending the enslavement of Black people and resurrected as an emblem for whites violently opposing racial integration. Any government that recognizes the flag is declaring that it cherishes a history of racial terror. This flag sends a horrible message about what our country was and a reminder of what we can still be.  The flag is down now, we should keep it down, and any charges against these activists should be dropped immediately.”

Last week following the racially-motivated mass murder at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolinian ColorOfChange member Jamarr Brown started a petition “Take Down The Confederate Flag From The South Carolina Capitol.” Over 55,000 ColorOfChange members have signed the petition.

For interviews with Rashad Robinson, please emails Michele Setteducato at michele@fitzgibbonmedia.com.

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With more than 1 million members nationwide,ColorOfChange.org is the country’s largest online civil rights group.