Southern Front Pages Reflect Shifting Politics

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by: Daniel Victor | New York Times

Throughout South Carolina, newspapers treated Gov. Nikki Haley’s call to remove the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the State House — a seismic shift in that state’s politics — as huge news.

The Post and Courier in Charleston ran a rare front-page editorial calling for the Confederate flag to come down.

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