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Bloggers stated on June 25, 2015 in :

"Lincoln was fervently making plans to send all freed slaves to the jungles of Central America once the (Civil War) was over. … The only thing that kept this from happening was his assassination."

By Louis Jacobson• June 26, 2015

Eugene Robinson stated on June 21, 2015 in :

The Confederate battle flag in South Carolina was first flown at the statehouse in 1961. "It was flown as a symbol of massive resistance to racial desegregation."

By Anna Bruzgulis• June 22, 2015

James Clyburn stated on June 21, 2015 in :

The original compromise for the Confederate battle flag in South Carolina "was to put it on the back side of the statehouse, out of public view so it would not have any appearance of sovereignty."

By Jon Greenberg• June 21, 2015

Jean Casarez stated on June 21, 2015 in :

The Confederate battle flag at the South Carolina statehouse "must fly at a height of 30 feet. Any changes -- taken down, or even at half-staff, if that can be done -- must be passed by a supermajority of the General Assembly."

By Linda Qiu• June 21, 2015

Hillary Clinton stated on March 18, 2013 in :

On same-sex marriage.

By Amy Sherman• June 17, 2015

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