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Barnum told the newspaper that she and Hervey were not close, but that they are both black conservatives who are pro-Confederate Flag.

Anthony Hervey – a 49-year-old black activist known for being a vocal proponent of the Confederate flag – died Sunday in a car crash caused by a car-full of black hecklers who chased and verbally attacked Hervey, driving his vehicle off the Mississippi highway.

Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Johnny Poulos said to Therese Apel of the Clarion-Ledger the accident took place near the Pontotoc County line around 11:20 a.m. and that the two were traveling west in a 2005 Ford Explorer when it left the road, then the driver overcorrected, and it flipped.

The vehicle’s owner and passenger in the car, Arlene Barnum, told The Associated Press on Monday that Hervey swerved and crashed after another vehicle carrying four or five young black men pulled up alongside them, yelling and looking mad.

On the way back, Barnum said Hervey noticed a group of men following them in a silver vehicle.

Anthony Hervey, 49, addressed the crowd at Linn Park Saturday in favor of preserving the Civil War Confederate monument. Supporters say it is a symbol of Southern heritage, while opponents argue it represents slavery and racism.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol is still investigating what happened. He was often seen often wearing the Confederate uniform and waving a Rebel flag on the Oxford square. “They have the right to wave that flag – and it’s my moral duty to stand up and say it”.

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

Sparky Reardon, the now-retired dean of students at Ole Miss, recalled Hervey as a familiar and fiery figure on campus.

Barnum said of Hervey, “I didn’t know him, really”.

“This book is about truth and passion”, the introductory description in Hervey’s book reads.

When the Confederate flag again came under attack this summer in the wake of the mass shooting in Charleston, Hervey threw himself into the effort to keep the controversial banner aloft.

Below is a video dated July 19 by David Harkins of Hervey speaking at the flag rally in Birmingham, Alabama.