Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20111124:09:15:00
Relationship with one big german company, mercedes-benz. mercedes chose tuscaloosa, alabama, for a new car plant back in the '90s. alabama almost didn't make it because mercedes was aware of the racial history. the confederate flag flew at top the stap capitol in montgomery until 1993. it was a point of such contention that in 1988 14 african-american state legislatures tried to break into the state capitol and physically remove the flag themselves. they got into trouble for that. but the flag was just too historically significant to remove from the capitol. according to the republican governo...