It’s been five years since the deadly, racist-motivated shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina But the scars are still present in the current debate over racial justice, Black Lives Matter and the legacy of white supremacist ideology.
CQ Roll Call columnist Mary C. Curtis talks to Political Theater about how the tragedy in Charleston still resonates as the United States grapples with its ugly history.
Show Notes:
- Confederate portraits flagged for Juneteenth removal by Pelosi
- Watch Tim Scott’s emotional speech on Charleston shooting anniversary
- Key differences exist among House, Senate and White House policing plans
- Scott rebukes critics who say he’s being used by GOP on police legislation
- Members eye expunging all traces of Confederacy in military
- Senate confirms first black military service chief
- Pelosi wants 11 Confederate statues removed from Capitol
- Protesters flood Capitol Hill and across Washington, lawmakers among them
- Senators want Dred Scott author’s bust replaced with Thurgood Marshall
- Previous CQ Roll Call columns by Mary C. Curtis
- The Political Theater archives
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