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 ...

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 ...

Seven U.S. state flags share notable elements of the Confederacy's national and battle flags. Compare the major Confederate flags with the current state flags of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, ...

With all the focus on South Carolina, it's easy to forget that Confederate symbolism still adorns many official state flags in the South. Some states, like Georgia and Mississippi, have seen ...

Mississippi has made it official: The state’s flag, which bears the familiar cross of the Confederate battle flag, will officially be changed. The state’s Republican governor signed the ...

With all the focus on South Carolina, it's easy to forget that Confederate symbolism still adorns many official state flags in the South. Some states, like Georgia and Mississippi, have seen ...

The Confederate states went through three official flags during the four-year Civil War, but none of them was the battle flag that’s at the center of the current controversy. The first was the ...

South Carolina isn't the only state that has an issue with the Confederate flag. In the aftermath of last week's massacre in a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, much of the ...

In 2001, Magnolia State voters decided to keep the current flag by a wide margin. The University of Mississippi, or "Ole Miss," has also faced controversy. In 1997, waving Confederate flags at ...

The Mississippi state legislature voted on Sunday to replace its state flag, the last in the nation to display the Confederate battle emblem. The removal of the flag marks the latest Confederate ...

Here's a look at the history of the flag's presence in the state capital: 1938 - The Confederate flag is raised in the South Carolina House chambers. 1956 - The flag is raised in the Senate.