Oxford man dies in car crash after Confederate Flag rally

His reasoning? To honor and raise awareness about the black soldiers who served in the Confederate army during the Civil War.

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

Hervey’s 2005 Ford Explorer turned over on Mississippi Highway 6 in Lafayette Country, resulting in his death, NBC reports.

Arlene Barnum, who was travelling with Harvey, told The Associated Press that he swerved and crashed after another vehicle carrying four or five young black men pulled up alongside them, shouting and looking mad.

Barnum posted to Facebook as the events of the crash occurred.

Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Johnny Poulos said Monday in a written statement that no other details of the accident will be available until accident reconstruction experts have had a chance to take a look at the evidence. “They have the right to wave that flag – and it’s my moral duty to stand up and say it”.

Moore says his theatrical behavior would entice people to come up and talk to him. Hervey had argued that Confederate flag was a part of the south’s history and heritage.

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

Hervey was a well-known black activist for preserving the Confederate flag who’s advocacy dates back to more than two decades ago.

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

“I thought I really was going to die”, she said.

“I used to run across Anthony and just have good conversations with him all the time”, said Patrick.

Calling himself a “black redneck”, he told an AP reporter that he supported McCain because he was against social programs like affirmative action. The New York Daily News reports that his rallies forced the University of Mississippi to loosen free speech restrictions. “Let’s work together to Save Our South and our great America!” It was a shock and pain when I learned he’d been killed. “It took a black man in a confederate uniform to get us to reconsider where we were and I think we’re a much better campus now because of it”.