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July 10, 2015
This comes more than 50 years after it was first raised at the state capital. 23 days after nine african-american members of mother emanuel church were murdered allegedly by a 21-year-old white supremacist who has been charged with those murders. republican governor nikki haley was surrounded by the families of the emanuel nine when she signed a bill to remove the flag, which was passed by the south carolina legislature late last night. another battle over the confederate flag broke out today in...
July 10, 2015
Including businesses in this economic industry of south carolina. so ill be working along with these families and along with my constituents in the state of south carolina to move all of us forward. >> senator kempson, thank you. and thank you as well. and a big thank you to all of the family members. >> thank you. michael beslaus is still standing by, is that my understanding? >> im here. >> michael, i want to come back to something we just heard. this movement that appears to be afoot, perha...
July 10, 2015
Removal? when you were doing your doc, 25 years ago now, did you think that the removal of this flag would ever happen in a state like south carolina? >> no i didnt brooke. this is a really good day. but its only a first step. i think the president said that. i think that governor haley also implied this. we have a lot of work to do to heal what is -- symbols and symbolic gestures are hugely important and this is clearly a powerful symbol and gesture is powerful and we now have to work to change...
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Here today as a member of the united states congress. i would be here as a slave. >> congress is battling over new prerestrictions to remove confederate battle flags from federal property like national parks. democrats say theres no room for debate. >> dont republicans understand the confederate battle flag is an insult to 40 million african-americans? >> this fight started when southern republicans tried to protect the use of confederate battle flags at government owned cemeteries where war deb...