Edward Vaughn, head of the Alabama NAACP, does not want the Azalea Trail Maids representing Alabama in the Inauguration Day parade.
Here's how they look:
Out of place in the celebration of the first black president? 11 of the 50 Trail Maids are black, by the way.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
"These are not just regular costumes. These are the costumes that remind someone of the plantation in Gone with the Wind."
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Obama inauguration,
race and pop culture,
slavery
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