Add to ORKGLast week, after several weeks of criticism following the tragic shooting in Charleston, South Carolina’s state legislature voted to remove the Confederate battle flag from the State Capitol. Richard Brodsky writes that such battles over the Confederate flag are not new; in 1997 Governor George Pataki ordered that flag in the New York State Capitol be removed. Though Pataki and his legislative colleagues did the right thing, it still led to a war of words with Georgia
Few symbols are as revered and despised by Americans as the Confederate Battle Flag. Loosely derived...
Confederate monuments were brought into the national spotlight after the Unite the Right Rally in Ch...
Hundreds of Confederate monuments stand across the United States. In recent years, leading historian...
Flag flaps From commemoration to provocation A symbol of southern heritage and pride or racism and...
Confederate monuments have been a point of contention in America for decades, but a series of events...
Between the years 2015 and 2020, over 300 Confederate symbols, including over 140 monuments, were re...
In 2015 there emerged a nationwide campaign to remove all Confederate memorials commemorating white ...
The issue to be addressed is whether it is constitutionally permissible under the Equal Protection C...
2 Gods and Generals, a movie about the Civil War, opens with Union and Confederate battle flags.1 Th...
The shooting of African-American church goers by white supremacist Dylann Roof reignited a fierce di...
Participants in a special election held in the State of Georgia on 2 March 2004 voted overwhelmingly...
The normally quiet town of Gettysburg was once more disrupted by battle when two groups of protester...
Until July 2000, three Confederate battle flags flew at the South Carolina State House—one in each L...
Participants in a special election held in the State of Georgia on 2 March 2004 voted overwhelmingly...
On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee conceded, “[T]here is nothing left for me to do but go and s...
Few symbols are as revered and despised by Americans as the Confederate Battle Flag. Loosely derived...
Confederate monuments were brought into the national spotlight after the Unite the Right Rally in Ch...
Hundreds of Confederate monuments stand across the United States. In recent years, leading historian...
Flag flaps From commemoration to provocation A symbol of southern heritage and pride or racism and...
Confederate monuments have been a point of contention in America for decades, but a series of events...
Between the years 2015 and 2020, over 300 Confederate symbols, including over 140 monuments, were re...
In 2015 there emerged a nationwide campaign to remove all Confederate memorials commemorating white ...
The issue to be addressed is whether it is constitutionally permissible under the Equal Protection C...
2 Gods and Generals, a movie about the Civil War, opens with Union and Confederate battle flags.1 Th...
The shooting of African-American church goers by white supremacist Dylann Roof reignited a fierce di...
Participants in a special election held in the State of Georgia on 2 March 2004 voted overwhelmingly...
The normally quiet town of Gettysburg was once more disrupted by battle when two groups of protester...
Until July 2000, three Confederate battle flags flew at the South Carolina State House—one in each L...
Participants in a special election held in the State of Georgia on 2 March 2004 voted overwhelmingly...
On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee conceded, “[T]here is nothing left for me to do but go and s...
Few symbols are as revered and despised by Americans as the Confederate Battle Flag. Loosely derived...
Confederate monuments were brought into the national spotlight after the Unite the Right Rally in Ch...
Hundreds of Confederate monuments stand across the United States. In recent years, leading historian...