
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, September 4, 1994                   TAG: 9409070042
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A13   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: HILTON HEAD, S. C.                                 LENGTH: Short

NAACP DELAYS S.C. BOYCOTT

In what may be the first sign of the NAACP's backing away from the activism that marked the tenure of fired Executive Director Benjamin Chavis, organization leaders Saturday postponed a threatened economic boycott of South Carolina.

At war with state officials over the flying of the Confederate battle flag above the Capitol dome, Chavis had threatened in July to strike at the state's $7.3-billion tourism industry with a black boycott unless the flag comes down.

But national NAACP leaders instead came to this sedate island resort to deliver fiery rhetoric, lead 600 chanting protesters on a two-mile march and then announce that they would wait for legal action to run its course before deciding what further action to take.

- Los Angeles Times

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