...The King Day rally in South Carolina was first held in 2000 to call for the Confederate flag to come down off the capitol dome, and has continued after state leaders decided instead to place the flag on a 30-foot pole on the Statehouse lawn near...
...tank. One of the very people who should be leading the charge to mold genuine bipartisanship and cooperation under the Capitol dome still refuses to budge an ideological inch to do what's best cooperatively for the American people. As long as poisonous...
...massive Martin Luther King Day rally at the Statehouse that called for the Confederate symbol to come down from the Capitol dome. The flag did come down that July, a few months after the marathon, but the NAACP said it was too visible when it...
...chapter started its economic boycott of South Carolina in 2000 to push for the removal of the Confederate banner from the Capitol dome and legislative chambers. Legislators agreed but decided to put the flag outside the Statehouse beside the Confederate...
...creation of the Gold Museum, }where she served as the curator until her retirement in 1973. She helped have the Georgia Capitol dome gilded in Dahlonega gold. HELENA BROWN COBB (1869-1922): Mrs. Cobb was an educator, missionary worker, editor...
...depicting Barnes as a gigantic cartoon rat swaggering through a cityscape resembling Atlanta's and gnawing at the Capitol dome. Though his GOP rivals said it went over the line, they, too, were critical of Barnes for a governing style they...
...Thursday. The NAACP wants the Confederate flag removed from the Statehouse lawn in Columbia. It was taken off the Capitol dome in 2000. NAACP members object to the flag because of its history and message, which they say represents hatred, oppression...
...insisted on more symbolic acts, singing "God Bless America" on the Capitol steps. Congressional leaders kept the Capitol Dome bathed in floodlights all night to reinforce the message that the light of democracy shines on. Downtown, George Washington...
...been tied to the NAACP's economic boycott of South Carolina, designed to force a Confederate battle flag off its Capitol dome. While Sumter simmered, lawmakers in Columbia pondered tougher penalties for crimes motivated by hate. A bill passed...
...returning lawmakers that the NAACP is not happy with their compromise, which lowered the Confederate flag from the Capitol dome but put another one on the Statehouse grounds by a monument to Southern soldiers. The NAACP's original demand, backed...
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