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[00:03.96]From VOA Learning English, this is In the News.
[00:09.28]An honor guard from the South Carolina Highway Patrol
[00:15.16]has removed the Confederate battle flag
[00:18.52]from the state Capitol grounds.
[00:21.56]The flag will be moved to a museum
[00:24.92]after 50 years at the state house.
[00:28.60]The move comes three weeks after nine African Americans
[00:33.88]were murdered in their church in Charleston, South Carolina.
[00:39.36]Photos show the alleged killer carrying the Confederate battle flag.
[00:46.00]After the killings, activists renewed a long campaign
[00:51.00]to remove official public displays of the battle flag.
[00:56.04]Flag opponents say the flag is a symbol of white supremacy and racial oppression.
[01:03.96]Southern soldiers used the flag
[01:07.28]during the U.S. Civil War of the 1860s,
[01:11.48]when they fought to keep slavery of African Americans legal in their states.
[01:18.04]One hundred years after the South lost the war,
[01:22.16]officials raised the battle flag
[01:25.00]over the South Carolina state house.
[01:28.24]Flag opponents point out the flag remained on the Capitol grounds
[01:33.76]long after the anniversary of the war.
[01:38.32]They say the flag became a way to reject
[01:43.12]the 1960s Civil Rights movement to achieve racial equality.
[01:49.80]Jonathan Blanks is with the CATO Institute.
[01:54.32]He says many people view the flag as a symbol of racial oppression.
[02:01.56]"Because every time that the flag has come up, it has been used – and it has been – to assert this sort of
[02:06.68]racial superiority of whites against blacks, to stop, to end their civil rights."
[02:15.52]Flag supporters say the flag is a symbol of the South's history.
[02:21.92]Lee Bright, a Republican state senator,
[02:25.44]says flying the flag in front of the state house
[02:29.96]honors the soldiers who fought for South Carolina's independence in the Civil War. "
[02:37.08]And removing this flag from out front is not going to do anything to change this nation.
[02:44.96]All we're going to do is we're going to disrespect these 20-plus-thousand men, black and white,
[02:52.40]that fought to defend your state."
[02:55.80]Some supporters add that the flag is also a fun way to celebrate Southern culture.
[03:03.52]They point to the popular 1970s and 80s television show called the "The Dukes of Hazzard."
[03:11.92]The show features a sports car with the Confederate battle flag painted on top.
[03:18.34]The car is called the General Lee,
[03:21.80]after a Southern commander in the Civil War.
[03:26.64]On Wednesday night and Thursday morning,
[03:29.32]South Carolina members of the House of Representatives
[03:33.32]debated over the meaning and future of the battle flag.
[03:39.04]After more than 13 hours,
[03:41.72]they approved a measure to remove the flag from state house grounds.
[03:48.16]Governor Nikki Haley, who supported the measure,
[03:51.56]used nine pens to sign the bill.
[03:55.76]Then she gave a pen to each of the families of the nine church shooting victims.
[04:03.32]On Friday morning, a racially diverse crowd of hundreds gathered on the Capitol grounds.
[04:10.72]They cheered and chanted, "USA, USA."
[04:15.88]In a short ceremony,
[04:17.76]members of an official honor guard lowered the flag and rolled it tightly.
[04:23.92]Governor Nikki Haley said
[04:26.72]the flag will be put in its rightful place in a museum.
[04:31.88]Other groups are also taking steps to remove the Confederate battle flag from the public eye.
[04:40.11]Some retailers -- including Walmart, Amazon and Sears
[04:45.72]– say they will no longer sell products with images of the Confederate flag.
[04:52.04]And the Dukes of Hazzard car?
[04:54.31]U.S. golfer Bubba Watson
[04:57.20]bought the General Lee several years ago.
[05:00.40]He says he will paint over its Confederate battle flag roof with an American flag.
[05:07.76]And that's In the News. I'm Kelly Jean Kelly.
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