Tag: confederate flag

For decades, citizens, activists, and historians have argued for the removal of these memorials and monuments and to rename those schools and parks named after Confederate leaders.

But tucked inside the legislation changing the flag was a peculiar mandate. "The new design for the Mississippi state flag recommended by the commission shall not include the design of the Confederate flag, but shall include the words 'In God We Trust,'" the act reads.

outh Carolina lawmakers took a step on Monday (July 6) toward removing the Confederate battle flag that flies at the state house in Columbia, long denounced as a symbol of slavery by critics.

Does a Southern Baptist leader’s call for the Confederate battle flag to come down mark a sea change in the views of evangelicals about a symbol long wrapped in both support for slavery and regional pride?