Last week's murder of nine black people in their place of sanctuary has confronted America once again with the specter of racism — past and present. One victim, Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who is lying in state in South Carolina's state capitol, will be eulogized Friday by the first black president. Meantime, there are calls for a "conversation" among white Americans — including both parties' candidates for the White House. But what about the future? Can the country move forward when we can't agree on the past?
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- President Obama on the shooting in South Carolina
- DuBois on the need to talk about white culture
- President Obama on WTF with Marc Maron
- Capehart on Obama, the N-word and racism
- Obama on the arrest of Henry Louis Gates as a "teachable moment" (TtP feature)
- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)
- NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund on Governor Haley's call to remove the flag from the SC capitol
- Post and Courier on SC lawmakers who avoid taking stand on removing Confederate flag