claim: 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."
author: eugene robinson
evidence_1: 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.".
evidence_2: jul 7, 2015 ... the confederate battle flag flies at a memorial in front of the south carolina ...  flag wasn't flown at south carolina statehouse until 1961. ... robinson said that  1961 was the year the flag was first flown at the ... "it was flown there a symbol of  massive resistance to racial desegregation," he said on june 21.
evidence_3: jun 22, 2015 ... this is why south carolina raised the confederate flag in the first place ...  south carolina has not always flown the flag. ... sign up now ... battle of the civil  war, quickly turned into a struggle over contemporary race ... on the statehouse  grounds, and to replace the large flag with a smaller battle standard.
evidence_4: jun 22, 2015 ... the confederate battle flag flies at a memorial in front of the south carolina state  house. (ap) ... battle flag from the grounds of the south carolina statehouse. ...  the compromise that emerged -- first in the state senate and then ... it was flown  there as a symbol of massive resistance to racial desegregation.
evidence_5: jun 21, 2015 ... the flags of the united states and of south carolina, atop the capitol ... the  battle flag became the symbol of segregation. ... this flag must be flown on a  flagpole located at a point on the south side of ... “to many, it is a symbol of racial  hatred. ... of strom thurmond and massive resistance to desegregation.