South Carolina NAACP meets in Georgia

SAVANNAH - The South Carolina NAACP opens it annual conference in Savannah Friday -- instead of in its home state -- to protest the flying of the Confederate flag on Statehouse grounds. <br> <br> The state group&#39;s president -- James Gallman -- says he wants to ``encourage all people of good will to take their tourism dollars to states that do not glorify a symbol of division and treason.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> About 500 people are expected to attend the conference, which runs through tomorrow. <br> <br> Other topics being discussed are predatory lending, affordable housing, criminal justice and the NAACP prison program.

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