Black Mississippi flag supporter dies in traffic accident

A black Mississippi man who often dressed in Confederate regalia to support the state flag has died in a one-car accident.

Anthony Hervey was killed Sunday on Mississippi Highway 6.

The passenger, Arlene Barnum, told The Associated Press they crashed because another vehicle was chasing them.

Anthony Hervey’s friends remember him as a man who was deeply passionate about his convictions.

Barnum, a veteran, had time to post some truly harrowing messages to her Facebook wall as the accident unfolded.

“I always said about Anthony he was on a stage and he would bring his props”, says Moore.

Mississippi police have confirmed that the accident is under investigation.

Barnum also told the AP that while there was no Confederate insignia on the vehicle, they had been driving back from a pro-Confederacy rally to save a Confederate memorial in Birmingham, Alabama. “And this auto came up on the passenger side to run him off the road”, she said.

Barnum, a black woman and a locally-known Confederate flag supporter, gave an account of her activities over the weekend with videos and posts of speaking at a Confederate Flag Rally called the “Monumental Dixie” rally.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol did not immediately respond to an Associated Press query asking if officials are investigating Barnum’s account.

“[In this book, ] I show that the Civil War was not fought over slavery and that the demise of my race in America is not of the White man, but rather of our own making”, Hervey wrote.

Stokes says Hervey tried to enlighten society about problems that most people choose to ignore, which oftentimes portrayed him as radical. He would often dress in a Confederate soldier’s uniform and wave the “stars and bars” flag in Oxford’s town square, holding forth to onlookers about his views. The article quotes attorney Ginger Barbee, who represents the rally’s sponsor, as saying, “I want the Birmingham Parks and Recreations board to know that they are ultimately responsible for this tragedy”.