July 9, 2015

South Carolina's Confederate flag will be removed Friday

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - More than 50 years after South Carolina raised a Confederate flag at its Statehouse to protest the civil rights movement, the rebel banner will be removed Friday in a state where such a reversal seemed unthinkable a month ago.

The flag will be pulled down from ...

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