The Kentucky State Fair Board has decided to consider a request to ban sales of the Confederate battle flag or merchandise with its image starting with this year’s state fair. The Courier-Journal said the board voted unanimously yesterday to put the NAACP’s request on the agenda for its meeting July 23. The fair is set to start Aug. 20. Kentucky NAACP chapter President Raoul Cunningham notes that Kentucky didn’t join the Confederacy and was the first state in the South to pass a civil rights law, in 1966.