Amazon.com Inc will be pulling down Confederate flag merchandise from its site, a source knowledgeable with the matter said on Tuesday. The online retailer’s move follows similar decisions by EBay Inc, Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Sears Holdings Corp in the wake of a racially-motivated massacre last week at a historically black South Carolina church. (Reuters)
Southern troops in the 19th century Civil War rallied around the flag as their states tried to secede from the U.S. and preserve the institution of slavery. The move arrives a day after the state of South Carolina furled its own confederate flag on its capitol grounds. (Adweek)
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