Talk:Ulysses S. Grant III

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"The centennial celebration began at Grant's Tomb with a twenty-one gun salute and was attended by cadets from West Point. A major controversy developed when ceremonies were to be held at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. A member of the Centennial Commission, who happened to be a black woman, was denied a room at a Charleston, South Carolina hotel. The NAACP protested this vigorously and called for protests and boycotts of any centennial celebrations. It accused the Centennial Commission of being pro-South and not forcing the hotel to allow blacks in, especially on official business. Gen. Grant made the statement that the Centennial Commission was not responsible for state laws. The controversy brought in President John F. Kennedy who stated that he would not accept any discrimination in centennial celebrations."

While interesting, what in the heck does this have to do with Ulysses S. Grant III? I'm deleting it, unless someone wantst to discuss the relvance.

I don't understand what you are objecting to. It is silly for the article to mention the centennial celebration controversy without saying what the controversy was and what part Grant played in it. I have restored the text to the article. 70.20.228.140 (talk) 23:04, 2 January 2008 (UTC)