Headline Roundup July 10, 2015
Confederate Flag Comes Down in SC
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Washington Times
South Carolina will pull the Confederate battle flag down from a Statehouse memorial Friday, but the national debate over the flag showed no sign of waning as Democrats in Washington, sensing momentum, moved to furl state flags at the Capitol that still include Confederate symbols.
Politico
The last Republican governor who took on the Confederate flag in South Carolina lost his job. Nikki Haley may get a promotion.
New York Times (News)
Preparing to close a chapter on a symbol of the Deep South and its history of resistance and racial animus, South Carolina officials gathered near the Confederate battle flag as it waved outside the State House for the last time Friday, just minutes before it was scheduled to be lowered from where it has flown for more than 50 years.
