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Promising to remove the Confederate flag is good first step after over 50 years, but let’s not be so quick to praise the people of South Carolina

By Mark | June 22, 2015

It looks like the Confederate flag, which has flown over the state capitol in South Carolina since 1962, a year after Alabama Governor George Wallace raised it on the grounds of the state legislature in Alabama to signify his dedication to the principles of segregation, may finally be coming down. Nikki Haley, South Carolina’s Republican […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1861, Alabama, Battle of Bull Run, Charleston, Civil War, Confederate flag, Dylann Roof, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, George Wallace, Lindsey Graham, Nikki Haley, P.G.T. Beauregard, racism, South Carolina, Strom Thurmond | 16 Comments

Last night’s racially motivated killings in Charleston

By Mark | June 18, 2015

It was reported last night that six women and three men had been shot to death at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina. The victims, who were all black, had been attending a bible study meeting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, when a young white man entered and took a seat among […]