The Memphis 10: No more passes for the General Lee, and shots all around
One of the 1969 Dodge Chargers driven in the television series "The Dukes of Hazzard" sits in the Volo Auto Museum in Volo, Illinois, on June 26, 2015. The Confederate battle flag is painted on the car's roof. (AP file)
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Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington covers the Memphis Grizzlies and writes about Memphis culture, food, and civic life. He lives in the Vollentine-Evergreen neighborhood of Midtown with his wife, two kids, and two dogs.
The iconography atop the General Lee is the battle flag of a slavery republic. Violence in the name of white supremacy is its inherent, explicit meaning.