The night the censors drove old ‘Dixie’ down

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Winston-Salem, North Carolina, operates on a more liberal compass heading than much of the South. But it carries the unfortunate distinction of having hosted the Dixie Classic Fair since 1956.

The word “Dixie,” NPR reported, offends enough locals (and one assumes outsiders) that the city is censoring it out of existence.

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