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Flag removal ends era of South Carolina Confederate symbol
A multiracial South Carolina trooper honor guard lowers the 30 foot Confederate flag roll and delivers it to the Confederate Relic Room as Gov. Nikki Haley leads a symbolic moment after the legislature votes to remove the flag amid nationwide debate. President Obama applauds the move while supporters and opponents react. The scene mirrors broader reevaluations of Confederate symbols across Mississippi Georgia Alabama and Tennessee as communities confront the legacy of the Confederacy and civil rights era.
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South Carolina
Benjamin Tillman
Washington, D.C
U.S
Nikki Haley
Haley
Statehouse
Barack Obama
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Sons of Confederate Veterans
South
Leland Summers
Alabama
Alaska
Mississippi
Michigan
Nelson Waller
Highway Patrol
Rupert Pope
Pope
Derrick Gamble
Clementa Pinckney
Pinckney
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Charleston
Sherri Iacobelli
State Department of Public Safety
Denise Quarles
Myra Thompson
Quarles
Georgia
Memphis
Tennessee
Nathan Bedford Forrest