There were no flags flown at his funeral, Confederate or otherwise. In their declarations of secession from the Union, some Southern states expressly mentioned slavery as a reason for their departure.

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 ...

American public opinion on the Confederate flag remains about where it was 15 years ago, with most describing the flag as a symbol of Southern pride more than one of racism, according to a new CNN ...

S.C., that killed nine black parishioners gathered for a Bible study has renewed the debate over one of the most controversial Southern symbols — the Confederate flag. On Monday, a cascade of ...

For several decades after the Civil War, the Confederate battle flag was seen mostly at memorial ceremonies for Southern soldiers. About 1920, though, the flag took on a more cultural meaning.

the Confederate flag predictably makes appearances at white supremacist gatherings. But how did the battle flag, also known as the Southern Cross, come to represent the Confederacy in the first place?

Among my Southern peers, in other words, my brand of pride is in the minority. So I am unsurprised that the removal of the Confederate flag from South Carolina capitol grounds has been cause for ...

Despite efforts to rewrite history, activists are still pushing to remove Confederate symbols, a new Southern Poverty Law Center report found.

(RNS) The Southern Baptist Convention, born in 1845 in a split over its support for slavery, has passed a resolution calling for Christians to quit using the Confederate flag. “We call our ...

"Organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans adopted the flag as a symbol of Southern heritage but the flag also served as a potent symbol of slavery and white supremacy, which has ...

The property belongs to the Spartanburg chapter of the Sons of Confederate ... The flag was adapted from the Republic of West Florida, a country located mostly in southern Mississippi, which ...

American public opinion on the Confederate flag remains about where it was 15 years ago, with most describing the flag as a symbol of Southern pride more than one of racism, according to a new CNN ...