A Confederate flag flying outside a north Alabama courthouse has been removed and replaced with a flag that marks the state’s secession from the United States in 1861. The switching of flags ...

The 2017 Alabama Monument Preservation Act established the committee to consider waivers to relocate historical structures in place between 20 and 40 years. The Confederate flag outside the ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — With no fanfare, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley ordered the removal of four Confederate flags from a memorial at the Alabama State Capitol on Wednesday amid a growing controversy ...

A strong push to remove the Confederate battle flag from Capitol grounds in South Carolina and Alabama — as well as the shelves of major retailers — was sparked by the racially motivated ...

HEFLIN, Ala. — The old Confederate symbols were falling fast now — the statues, the names of streets, the Rebel flags flying over the Talladega Superspeedway — and in the town of Heflin ...

In the ’80s, Alabama often used the Confederate battle flag, whose public display is now the subject of intense national debate, as part of its branding, including on the covers of four of its ...

Confederate flags returned to the cradle of the Confederacy on Saturday as hundreds of flag supporters arrived at Alabama's Capitol to protest the removal of four rebel flags from a Confederate ...

MONTGOMERY — An Alabama legislator wants the state to remove the Confederate flag from the uniforms of state troopers. Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, sent a Wednesday letter to Gov.

Jim Folsom removed the battle flag from the state Capitol." Reporter MacKenzie Bates of Alabama Public Radio notes Montgomery was named the first capital of the Confederate States of America in ...

Alabama removed the Confederate battle flag from a Confederate memorial on the statehouse grounds Wednesday. Gov. Robert Bentley ordered the flag to be taken down, the Birmingham News reported.

The hum of sewing machines is the near-constant backdrop to Belinda Kennedy’s work at Alabama Flag and ... only remaining U.S. maker of Confederate battle flags. Her business employs 12 people ...