Confederate Flag Will No Longer Fly At South Carolina Capitol

The Confederate flag that flies at the Statehouse in Colombia, South Carolina is coming down. The flag has been at the center of a debate since nine African-Americans were gunned down in their church in Charleston last month. Pictures later emerged showing the suspect arrested for the killings posing with a Confederate flag.

Vernon Burton, a professor of history and sociology at Clemson University, had not been optimistic that state lawmakers would vote to remove the flag, when Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson spoke with him last month. He checks in again with Professor Burton, as the flag is set to come down.