The Confederate flag is coming down
South Carolina will take down the Confederate flag.
Nikki Haley
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signs Senate Bill 897 into law, Thursday, July 9, 2015, at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. The law enables the removal of the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds more than 50 years after the rebel banner was raised to protest the civil rights movement. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Don Bramlett
Don Bramlett, of Spartanburg, S.C., waves a South Carolina state flag as he celebrates in front of the statehouse, Thursday, July 9, 2015, in Columbia, S.C. More than 50 years after South Carolina raised a Confederate flag at its Statehouse to protest the civil rights movement, the rebel banner is scheduled to be removed Friday morning during a ceremony. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Gilda Cobb Hunter, David Beasley
Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg, left, reacts with former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley after a ceremony where Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill into law, Thursday, July 9, 2015, at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. The law enables the removal of the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds more than 50 years after the rebel banner was raised to protest the civil rights movement. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Carl Anderson, Jesse Jackson
Rep. Carl Anderson, D-Georgetown, left, embraces Rev. Jesse Jackson after the House approved a bill removing the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds early Thursday, July 9, 2015, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Leslie Minerd
Leslie Minerd, of Columbia, S.C., holds a sign as she celebrates outside the South Carolina Statehouse Thursday, July 9, 2015, in Columbia, S.C. More than 50 years after South Carolina raised a Confederate flag at its Statehouse to protest the civil rights movement, the rebel banner will be removed Friday in a state where such a reversal seemed unthinkable a month ago. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Confederate Flag
A man wearing a the shirt bearing the Confederate battle flag salutes at the base of a Confederate memorial in front for the South Carolina Statehouse Thursday, July 9, 2015, in Columbia, S.C. Early Thursday morning the House passed a Senate bill calling for the Confederate battle flag to be removed from the Capitol grounds. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Congress Confederate Flag
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., surrounded by other House Democrats, speaks to reporters on a resolution to remove the confederate flag at Park Service-run cemeteries on Thursday, July 9, 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)
Nancy Pelosi
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks to reporters on a resolution to remove the confederate flag at Park Service-run cemeteries on Thursday, July 9, 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)
Congress Confederate Flag
Two small faded Confederate battle flags flank the grave marker of Confederate soldier Sgt. Charles B. Brantley, who along with Private Reuben H. White are the only Confederate fighters buried in Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg, Miss., Thursday, July 9, 2015. The Republican-controlled House scrapped a vote on permitting the Confederate flag at Park Service-run cemeteries on Thursday, a retreat under fire that only escalated a ferocious attack by Democrats complaining the banner celebrates a murderous, racist past. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
GRAY
FILE - In this May 10, 2000 file photo, Kevin Gray, of the Harriett Tubman Freedom House, watches as the Confederate flag burns during a demonstration in Columbia, S.C., to protest the Confederate flag flying atop the dome of the South Carolina Statehouse. More than 50 years after South Carolina raised a Confederate flag at its Statehouse to protest the civil rights movement, the rebel banner is scheduled to be removed Friday, July 10, 2015, morning during a ceremony. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky, File)
Desegregation
FILE - In this Sept. 3, 1957 file photo, Paul Davis Taylor holds a Confederate flag in front of Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. Taylor was among some 500 people who gathered across the street from the school, which had been scheduled to integrate. More than 50 years after South Carolina raised a Confederate flag at its Statehouse to protest the civil rights movement, the rebel banner is scheduled to be removed Friday, July 10, 2015, morning during a ceremony. (AP Photo, File)
AP Explains Confederate Flag
FILE - In this June 12, 2004 file photo, a mourner holds a Confederate flag as she waits in line to pay respects to Alberta Martin in Curtis, Ala. Martin, the last widow of a Civil War veteran, died May 31, 2004. More than 50 years after South Carolina raised a Confederate flag at its Statehouse to protest the civil rights movement, the rebel banner is scheduled to be removed Friday, July 10, 2015, morning during a ceremony. (AP Photo/Haraz Ghanbari, File)
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