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 ...

Confederate soldiers never reached the Capitol during the Civil War. But the Confederate battle flag was flown by rioters in the U.S. Capitol building for the first time ever on Jan. 6.

When a mob of armed insurgents flooded the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, they brought an accessory: the Confederate battle flag. As the crowd of President Trump’s supporters rioted ...

An image circulated online promoted the claim that the colors of the Confederate battle flag were chosen for their religious meanings: However, that interpretation ran counter to historical analysis.

The Confederate battle flag is a vestige of an earlier age of oppression, but the defense of its presence at a statehouse or on license plates today is a threat because it so shockingly discounts ...

The nation watched in horror as a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, swarming police officers and vandalizing a federal building. Amid the chaos and sea of American flags and ...

The distinctive configuration of white stars mounted on a blue “X” and set against a field of red is now widely known as the Confederate flag. But it was originally the battle flag of ...

Chris Spencer is the only African-American student at Hurley High School, where the front doors he walks through each morning are painted with the Confederate battle flag, the first of many he ...

1. On the Alabama statehouse grounds Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley called for the Confederate battle flag, which stands at the foot of a confederate memorial on statehouse grounds, to be taken down ...

We spoke with historian David Goldfield, author of Still Fighting the Civil War, about the flag’s revival. The Confederate battle flag made its reappearance following the end of World War II.