Mississippi became the last state to remove the Confederate battle flag from its state flag. It was a moment of reckoning for the Lost Cause mythology about the Civil War that dominated much of ...

The Mississippi state flag is one of a handful of state emblems that still features the Confederate battle flag. The flag has long been seen by people of color as an enduring symbol of racism and ...

Its state seal appears in the center of a crimson St. Andrew’s cross (like that seen on the Confederate flag) and is the only portion of the flag that contains the color blue. Look closely—it ...

A Florida Republican lawmaker who filed legislation Tuesday exempting the Confederate flag from a broad ban on flying flags outside state government buildings—including pride flags—has ...

The act brings into focus the legacy and complex history of the flag, which long ago represented Confederate states in the South that went to war with Northern states in the Civil War.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is being bombarded with images of Confederate flags after writing, "We fly the American flag in ...

The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day came decades after the lifetime of the woman often credited with sewing ...

Pulaski County Circuit Judge Patricia James ordered the city of Little Rock to seek a waiver from the Arkansas History ...

When rebels fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861, they flew a blue banner with a single white star called the Bonnie Blue Flag. But as secession got underway, the Confederate States of America ...

Jones' speech about the Confederate flag on the floor of the Virginia House of Delegates in January 1999 displayed an oratory ...