Thank you South Carolina.
I don't know what it is to be an African American to realize my friends, relatives and elected officials are in continual threat of death because of the hate filled values of some people. I do know it scares me to think about their safety. I feel helpless to protect them, but, this is a beginning to tell those that hate it will not be tolerated.
I appreciate this action by the South Carolina legislation. It and Governor Haley have acted to honor State Senator Pinckney. I don't want to imagine what it would be like today, if the South Carolina House acted any differently. It was a great act of love of brethren we witnessed in this legislation and I thank you very much.
Rep. Wendell Gilliard and other representatives of the Lowcountry gather
to remember the victims of the Emanuel AME Church shootings before the
House voted early Thursday morning to bring down the Confederate flag
from the Statehouse grounds. Paul Zoeller/Staff
July 8, 2015
Cynthia Roldan
...House members (click here) first approved of the bill on a 93-27 vote around 12:58 a.m. They followed up with a second and final 94-20 vote around 1:11 a.m.
I don't know what it is to be an African American to realize my friends, relatives and elected officials are in continual threat of death because of the hate filled values of some people. I do know it scares me to think about their safety. I feel helpless to protect them, but, this is a beginning to tell those that hate it will not be tolerated.
I appreciate this action by the South Carolina legislation. It and Governor Haley have acted to honor State Senator Pinckney. I don't want to imagine what it would be like today, if the South Carolina House acted any differently. It was a great act of love of brethren we witnessed in this legislation and I thank you very much.
Rep. Wendell Gilliard and other representatives of the Lowcountry gather
to remember the victims of the Emanuel AME Church shootings before the
House voted early Thursday morning to bring down the Confederate flag
from the Statehouse grounds. Paul Zoeller/Staff July 8, 2015
Cynthia Roldan
...House members (click here) first approved of the bill on a 93-27 vote around 12:58 a.m. They followed up with a second and final 94-20 vote around 1:11 a.m.
Gov. Nikki Haley said in a written statement that House members, as
senators did before them, served the state and her people with great
dignity.
“I’m grateful for their service and their compassion,” Haley said. “It
is a new day in South Carolina, a day we can all be proud of, a day
that truly brings us all together as we continue to heal, as one people
and one state."...
There are more pictures, including, Rev. Jessie Jackson (click here).
There are more pictures, including, Rev. Jessie Jackson (click here).
