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‘There are no degrees of separation’ — How the Charleston church shooting looms over the current racial justice debate

Political Theater, Episode 131

White roses are placed beside a sign that reads “We are Charleston” outside the Capitol on June 18, 2015, during a prayer vigil for victims of the Charleston, S.C., shooting.
White roses are placed beside a sign that reads “We are Charleston” outside the Capitol on June 18, 2015, during a prayer vigil for victims of the Charleston, S.C., shooting. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call file photo)
By Jason Dick and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted June 18, 2020 at 5:20pm

It’s been five years since the deadly, racist-motivated shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina But the scars are still present in the current debate over racial justice, Black Lives Matter and the legacy of white supremacist ideology.

CQ Roll Call columnist Mary C. Curtis talks to Political Theater about how the tragedy in Charleston still resonates as the United States grapples with its ugly history.

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