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Originally Posted by Jill1228
Several Greenville community groups marched from Greensprings Park to Greenville City Hall to support renaming East Fifth Street to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
"The Confederate battle flag, coupled with the derision and epithets, was alarming to many of the marchers," Hall said in a letter.
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I'm still wondering what the reason for the march was in the first place. Was it to gather more support? If so, the marchers must have known that not everyone was in favor of the name change and no doubt expected a few protesters.