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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune NATION Sunday, October 4, 1998 ‘Southern Pride ‘Rising in Heritage Groups In a recent league newsletter, Hill urged members to stay on the attack against “liberal-leftist groups [that] have declared war on our Southern culture and heritage.” “The day of Southern guilt is over,” he wrote. “The South was right — andlet us not forget that a From Previous Page “Maybein the past I was a little embarrassed to be a Southerner,”said Jackson,33, an airline mechanic ogee recalled New Yorkers making fun of him and hy region. * “Now I'm as proud as I can be of my roots,” swe;The Southern heritage movement mayalso reflect growing concern that regionaltraditions are slowly ong lost. “The South is one of the few places that has any Sa ona distinctive identity left,” said James Cobb, ‘a University of Georgia history professor. ‘‘Some of is Southerners standing on the street corneryell- ‘We're still distinctive!’ ” ~The League of the South, with a scholar-dominat- | ed leadership, emphasizes protecting Southern cul' ture and traditions, from churchgoing Sundays with + sumptuousdinners to flying the battle flag and sing- | infg “Dixie.” | However, such Southern nationelism can be offen‘_sive to black Southerners, many of whom see Confederate symbols as reminders of slavery and racial oBbgregation. : “I think the League of the South would have a salient fact. No apologies for slavery should be made.” The group, which had to change its name from Southern League when the baseball league of the same name complained, is charting a slow course to building a case for secession. Members such as Waiter Rolandi, a psychologist in Columbia, S.C., are developinglinks with other sepa- ratist groups such as the Northern LeagueofItaly India Bijar 4x6. Persian Shiraz 5x8 “We don't wantto sit around with AK-47s and talk about the black helicopters,” Rolandi said. “We're Pakistan Afshar 6.9x9. talking about sovereignty, about the future.” The league has no timetable fer its Southern na- Romanian Serapi 8x10 public-relations consultant who headsthe league in South Carolina, figures that if he lives two more decades, he'll see it happen. Persian Chinese 10x15... 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