In 1962 the Confederate battle flag was placed on top of the South Carolina statehouse by vote of the all-white legislature. While other Southern states removed the flag from their statehouses, South Carolina refused to follow suit. This prompted the NAACP to organize a national economic boycott against South Carolina's $14 billion-a-year tourism industry, and since the summer of 1999, more than 100 conventions and business organizations have participated in the boycott.
On April 12, 2000, the South Carolina state senate finally passed a bill to remove the flag by a majority of 36-7. On July 1, the flag was removed from the South Carolina statehouse and would be flown in front of the Capitol next to a monument honoring fallen Confederate soldiers.
Robert Dobbs for Congress, SC-01
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