The Confederate flag flies on the grounds of South Carolina's capitol June 23, one day after South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced that she will call for the Confederate flag to be removed.
The Confederate Flag: History And Modern-Day Connotations
Funerals begin Thursday for the nine parishioners shot to death in an historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina last week. Reaction to the alleged shooter’s racially-motivated crime has set off a nationwide movement to strip the confederate flag from our public spaces and stores. Lawmakers from both parties have shown support for action in South Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi and beyond. Major retailers like Wal-Mart and Amazon have also jumped aboard, halting the sale of confederate flag-related merchandise. But what the flag represents remains a highly divisive issue among many Americans, some of whom say it’s a symbol of heritage, not hate. We look at the history and modern-day role of the Confederate flag.
Guests
- Adam Goodheart director of Washington College’s C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience and author of "1861: The Civil War Awakening."
- Isabel Wilkerson Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of "The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration."
- Yoni Applebaum senior editor at The Atlantic.
- Robert Hicks community preservationist and author of "The Widow of the South" and "A Separate Country."
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