Former NAACP Official Embraces Confederate Heritage

SHREVEPORT, LA -- H.K. Edgerton, of Asheville, N.C., carrying a Confederate flag, walks alongside William Lupton Jr., (right), a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans from Stonewall, as Edgerton passes through Stonewall on his 1,385-mile journey from Asheville to Austin, Texas.  Edgerton said he is making the journey carrying his Naval Jack flag to bring attention to "the need to preserve Southern history and dismantle the lies that have been told about Southern people and what took place after the (Civil) war."

Edgerton began his journey on Oct. 14. March Across Dixie was organized to "fight against continuing anti-Southern reconstruction and destruction of the American history and heritage," he said earlier this week.

The former president of the Asheville chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People now serves as executive director of the Southern Legal Resource Center, which focuses on defending the rights of Southerners to display symbols of their heritage.

"I want to bring attention to the need to preserve Southern history and dismantle some of the lies that have been told about Southern people about what took place before and after the war," he said.

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