Note the time is 1:24 for the scene.
Neo-Confederate often like to go one that it was some fringe elements that "mis-used" the flag.
Here we see the Jaycees carrying the flag as a protest against possible civil rights legislation.
This is the link to the video so you can watch it in full.
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1062768/m1/
It is about the sit-ins at the Piccadilly restaurant in Dallas, Texas in 1964.
This is the link to the story. https://blogs.library.unt.edu/yesterdays-news/2018/02/19/piccadilly/
The Confederate flag wasn't misrepresented by a few fringe groups. It was understood as representing white supremacy by mainstream southern society.
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Dallas Jaycees carry giant Confederate flag down Commerce street in 1964. Confederate "heritage"
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