clementa pinckney

President Obama's Charleston, S.C., eulogy for Clementa Pinckney was a speech for history, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

WASHINGTON -- Former Maryland Gov. Martin O¿Malley is visiting South Carolina today to pay his respects to state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, one of nine people killed in last week¿s church shooting, a person with knowledge of his plans said.

The attack on a storied Charleston church is a painful reminder that there is no sanctuary for blacks in America, says Leonard Pitts Jr.