Major protest against the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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.

Stephen D. Lee Conference Protested/ National and local news coverage.

Follow up post on the protests is at:

https://newtknight.blogspot.com/2020/03/major-protest-against-sons-of.html#.XlvfqqieGiM

For the longest time the press didn't want to deal with neo-Confedeacy.

However, that has all changed with Charlottesville protest.

One big change is that fighting neo-Confederacy is in the news in mainstream media. Stories which would never of gotten covered are now getting coverage.

For example The Root which was owned by the people who owned the Washington Post and is now owned by Universion Communications has run this story about the Stephen D. Lee Conference in Raleigh, NC. The headline is, "What Better Way to Celebrate the Last Day of Black History Month Than ... a Confederacy Honoring the Confederacy?"

https://www.theroot.com/what-better-way-to-celebrate-the-last-day-of-black-hist-1841993934

The popup tab says Hilton Hotels to Host Confederacy Conference. I am sure that isn't the branding the Hilton Hotel group wants.

Hilton Hotels is mentioned in the headline for this article in the Huffington Post. This article was also run on MSN news site. So it got fairly high national visibility.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hilton-hotel-sons-of-confederate-veterans_n_5e591a47c5b6450a30bd5b81

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hilton-hotel-to-host-neo-confederate-group-conference-on-last-day-of-black-history-month/ar-BB10wNj9

Blavity has this article. Hilton Hotels mentioned. This is a newsite oriented towards the African American community.

https://www.blavity.com/conference-for-neo-confederates-to-be-held-at-north-carolina-hilton-on-final-day-of-black-history-month?category1=news

It made the local major city daily. The Hilton Hotel is mentioned.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article240670326.html

This is the bad publicity that a hotel chain really doesn't want. Also, imagine the employees that have to tell friends and family that they spent a few days being servants for neo-Confederates.

After awhile hotel chains are going to wonder if this is the image they want.

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Marriot Hotels wants to be a White House of the Confederacy

The Marriot Hotel will be the hotel for the Stephen D. Lee Institute members when they meet in South Carolina.

http://www.stephendleeinstitute.com/

http://www.marriott.com/meeting-event-hotels/group-corporate-travel/groupCorp.mi?resLinkData=The%20Stephen%20D.%20Lee%20Institute^caemh`sdlsdla`119`USD`false`2/5/16`2/7/16`1/22/16&app=resvlink&stop_mobi=yes

I want to reemphasize that I hope to use moral suasion in getting institutions not to enable neo-Confederacy. Not harassment. 

White Houses of the Confederacy, hotels that host Sons of Confederate Veteran Events

I have been compiling which hotels host the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) events and the event of the Stephen D. Lee Institute which is run by the SCV.

One interesting thing has become apparent, the hotels of the Hilton Corporation, are by far the hotels most frequently used by the SCV versus other hotels of other corporations.

Most interesting is that there seems to be a trend for a Hilton hotel to be chosen more in the last few years than the brands of other hotel corporations.

I would think it must be degrading for the service personnel of the hotel to have to serve these people. Also,

It should be understood that these corporations often offer inducements to be chosen by the SCV to be their hotel. It isn't a matter that they are open to all comers, but that they often offer discounts.

You might want to check the SCV page when you reserve a hotel to make sure you don't end up surrounded by Confederate flags and neo-Confederates. In particular a Hilton hotel, which includes Embassy Suites and Hampton Inns.

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The following graph is for hotels hosting the Stephen D. Lee Institute.