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Topic: Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Donald Trump gives a speech as he announces his candidacy for the U.S. presidency at Trump Tower on June 16, 2015 in New York City. (Getty/Christopher Gregory)

June 2015: Trump Tower and Charleston

Heather Digby Parton
(Getty/Grace Beahm-Pool)

Don't execute Dylann Roof

D. Watkins
(Reuters)

Meg Kinnard
FILE - In this Thursday, June 18, 2015, file photo, Charleston, S.C., shooting suspect Dylann Roof is escorted from the Cleveland County Courthouse in Shelby, N.C. T (AP)

Jeffrey Collins
Sen. Clementa Pinckney's body arrives by horse drawn carriage at the South Carolina Statehouse, Wednesday, June 24, 2015, in Columbia, S.C. (AP/Rainier Ehrhardt)

How to honor Clementa Pinckney

Joan Walsh
Dylann Roof and Rachel Dolezal; an editorial cartoon illustrating the Kip Rhinelander case, 1925. (AP/Chuck Burton/Anthony Quintano)

What does it mean to be white?

Audrey Elisa Kerr
(AP/Rainier Ehrhardt)

The face of racism

Elias Isquith
(AP/Chuck Burton)

Southern Gothic Charleston

Alex Werrell
(AP/Charleston County Sheriff's Office)

Dylann Roof's racist manifesto

Scott Timberg
(Fox News)

Eric Boehlert - Media Matters
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Love and hate, black and white

Andrew O'Hehir
Marc Maron, Barack Obama (AP/Dan Steinberg/Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Maron on his Obama interview

Katie McDonough
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"Crazy people" will find guns

Scott Timberg
Mourners pay their respects outside Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 18, 2015. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)

Fox News: Wrong on Charleston

Paula Young Lee
Worshippers embrace across the street from the scene of a shooting at Emanuel AME Church, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Charleston, S.C. (AP/David Goldman)

This is domestic terrorism

Mary Elizabeth Williams