Woman takes down Confederate flag in front of South Carolina statehouse

Some version of the Confederate flag has flown atop or in front of the South Carolina statehouse in Columbia since 1961.For a little while on Saturday, it came down.The controversial Southern symbol was removed by a black woman identified as Bree Newsome, 30, a North Carolina educator and activist from Charlotte, who scaled a 30-foot flagpole in front of the statehouse at 6:15 Saturday morning and took down the flag by hand, according to a group of activists who traveled to the State Capitol Saturday.Read full article >>