Carla_Danger
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- Feb 10, 2013
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COLUMBIA, S.C. --
The South Carolina House approved a bill removing the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds, a stunning reversal in a state that was the first to leave the Union in 1860 and raised the flag again at its Statehouse more than 50 years ago to protest the civil rights movement.
The move early Thursday came after more than 13 hours of passionate and contentious debate, and just weeks after the fatal shootings of nine black church members, including a state senator, at a Bible study in Charleston.
"South Carolina can remove the stain from our lives," said 64-year-old Rep. Joe Neal, a black Democrat first elected in 1992. "I never thought in my lifetime I would see this."
Read the entire article @ http://6abc.com/news/sc-house-votes-to-take-down-confederate-flag-after-13-hour-debate/836950/
The vote was 94-20.
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