Their families’ grace-filled response in the face of such extraordinary loss touched the soul of South Carolina and stirred legislators to move the Confederate flag to a museum where it has belonged all along.
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Musician Kid Rock has flatly denied a demand from Al Sharpton’s National Action Network to denounce the Confederate flag, which he has in the past used as a backdrop for his shows.
The flag he flew was 4 feet by 6 feet, far smaller than the American flag above it, which he claims is the largest in Florida.
Jerry says the flag represents history, not hate. Starting with Haley’s remarkable display of leadership less than a week after the murders, the state moved with urgent decisiveness to remove the divisive symbol on the Statehouse grounds.
The Confederate battle flag had flown at the Capitol for more the five decades after being raised to honor the 100-year anniversary of the Civil War, which started at Fort Sumter in Charleston. “So next time, are they going to take that monument down?”
By law, the flag outside the State House could only be removed with the approval of two-thirds of South Carolina’s Senate and House of Representatives.
The group is standing near the flag with their hands behind their backs.
“Today, at long last, this has been done”, he said in a statement.
Even President Obama took to twitter to say taking down the rebel flag was “a sign of good will and healing and a meaningful step toward a better future”.
Now, the organizations that had imposed economic boycotts on South Carolina for flying the flag are reevaluating their stance on the state after its removal.
“I look forward to the citizens of South Carolina being one under one flag, the American flag”, he said.
The nationwide board of administrators of outstanding US civil rights group the NAACP voted on Saturday to end its 15-year boycott of South Carolina prompted by the show of the Confederate battle flag on state capitol grounds.
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Authorities also banned the carrying of firearms in the vicinity of the statehouse.
