If you searched "Confederate flag" on Amazon on Tuesday afternoon, you found pages upon pages of products that feature the unquestionably controversial stars-and-bars symbol of Southern rebellion.
But that probably won't be the case much longer. Reuters reported today that Amazon has decided to pull all items using the flag, which Southern troops in the 19th century Civil War rallied around as their states tried to secede from the United States and preserve the institution of slavery.
Seattle-based Amazon's decision comes as the nation grieves the racially driven massacre of nine African-Americans at a South Carolina church last week.
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