Atlanta Forward: Quality of life

The South Carolina legislature has voted to remove the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds, in the aftermath of the horrific murders at an African-American church in Charleston by an admitted racist who had posed in photos with the banner. Today, two metro Atlantans — one white, one black — address the flag that has had such a divisive history in the South, how Georgia still sanctions the emblem in various ways, and why South Carolina’s move is welcome. Also, an anti-defamation league leader calls on Georgia and South Carolina to enact hate crimes laws.

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