The racist massacre in a South Carolina church has tipped the balance in a decades-old tug of war over the meaning of the Confederate battle flag. Its champions have argued it’s a symbol of ...

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 ...

Comes amid outcry over the flying of the Confederate flag in South Carolina. — -- The American flag was lowered to half-staff at the South Carolina state capitol last week after the deadly ...

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 shooting of nine black Charleston churchgoers by a young man allegedly inspired by white supremacist ideology has reignited a controversy over the proper place of the Confederate flag in ...

For 39 years, the Confederate battle flag — an instantly recognizable blue "X," bedecked with white stars, against a red background — flew atop the Capitol dome in Columbia, South Carolina.

Editor's note: The Confederate battle flag featuring a starred blue saltire on a red background (sometimes called the rebel flag or the Southern Cross) is specifically the battle flag for ...

As the Confederate flag was lowered from outside South Carolina’s statehouse Friday morning, a crowd burst out in cheers, song and chants of “USA! USA!” The emotional reactions surrounding ...

Here's how the controversial flag has evolved: First Confederate flag: “The Stars and Bars” The first official flag of the Confederacy was adopted on March 4, 1861, and was almost immediately ...

Of those who believed the Confederate flag to be a source of Southern pride, 58% were Baby Boomers, while only 24% were GenZers, born between 1997 and 2012, Newsweek reported.

In late June, as many people across the United States took a renewed look at the nation’s history of racism, legislators in Mississippi voted yea on House Bill 1796, replacing the state flag.