Bowing to pressure, South Carolina legislators Thursday voted to remove the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse dome and display it instead on a nearby monument honoring Confederate soldiers. Although the vote -- which came 139 years to the day that Confederate forces began the Civil War by firing on nearby Fort Sumter -- was seen as a compromise, the NAACP was not mollified and said it's tourism boycott of South Carolina would continue. The NAACP said it does not want the flag anywhere near the Statehouse.
Rebs Surrender
Bowing to pressure, South Carolina legislators Thursday voted to remove the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse dome and display it instead on a nearby monument honoring Confederate soldiers. Although the vote -- which came 139 years to the day that Confederate forces began the Civil War by firing on nearby Fort Sumter -- was seen as a compromise, the NAACP was not mollified and said it's tourism boycott of South Carolina would continue. The NAACP said it does not want the flag anywhere near the Statehouse.
