Flag of fact : Iowa man designs American flag to pay tribute to Black history month Share Updated: 10:26 PM CST Feb 14, 2021 Share Updated: 10:26 PM CST Feb 14, 2021
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Show Transcript THE AMERICAN FLAG, OLD GLORY, ALL 50 STARTS AND 13 STRIPES FIGURATIVELY STANDS FOR FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY. BUR FOR IT TO FULLY REPRESENT THOSE IDEALS, A DES MOINES MAN WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING TO IT FOR JUST ONE MONTH A YEAR. NEW AT 10:00, AS KCCI’S STEVE KARLIN SHOWS US IT’S BLACK HISTORY MONTH. STEVE: WHEN 68-YEAR-OLD LLOYD BLACKWELL OF DES MOINES SAW THAT WHITE POLICE OFFICER KNEELING ON GEORGE FLOYD’S NECK, HE FLASHED BACK TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA OF THE 1960’S. IT’S LIKE A DEJA VU THING. STEVE: BUT AFTER THE SUMMER’S BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS AND HIS HORRIFIC DEJA VU, LLOYD IS NOW SEEING SOMETHING NEW. I BELIEVE THIS. OF TRUTH IS SWEEPING THROUGH THE COUNTRY. STEVE: TRUTH THAT HE’S TRYING TO MAKE REAL WITH HIS NEW SLIGHTLY ALTE