COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - All My Children star Ruth Warrick says she won't accept a lifetime achievement award in a state that still flies the Confederate flag. Warrick was supposed to receive the award July 16 from the South Carolina Arts Commission. But she said she had to decline the award because a new Confederate flag went up on Statehouse grounds Saturday as part of the compromise to bring down the flag from the Capitol dome. "In my view this was no compromise," Warrick said this week. "It was a deliberate affront to the African-Americans who see it as a sign of oppression and hate." Warrick was scheduled to receive the award for her work on television and in movies. |