Major protest against the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV). About a 100 people in the protest and the police are called out. This is publicity the Embassy Suites hotel probably don't want for their brand.
https://www.wral.com/police-line-brier-creek-parking-lots-to-keep-protesters-back-from-sons-of-confederate-veterans-meeting/18984041/
This is the article in the local major daily.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article240765851.html
It got coverage in other TV markets.
https://www.wilm-tv.com/police-line-brier-creek-parking-lots-to-keep-protesters-back-from-sons-of-confederate-veterans-meeting/
The question some people might ask is whether that is a place at which they would like to work. How valid the corporation's non-discrimination policies might be questioned.
Doing more searching I find that the effort opposing the SCV got coverage in the Charlotte Observer.
A prior blog posting I did on this topic where I show that the effort got national attention is:
http://newtknight.blogspot.com/2020/02/stephen-d-lee-conference-protested.html#.XlveI6ieGiM
Sons of Confederate Veterans events aren't automatically going to get a free pass anymore.
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