AdvertisementThe Complicated Political History Of The Confederate FlagJune 22, 2015Jessica TaylorfacebookEmailThe Confederate flag flies near the South Carolina Statehouse, Friday, June 19, 2015, in Columbia, S.C. Tensions over the Confederate flag flying in the shadow of South Carolina's Capitol rose this week in the wake of the killings of nine people at a black church in Charleston, S.C. (Associated Press)