JACKSON, Miss. -- Spectators at the Mississippi Capitol broke into applause Saturday as lawmakers took the first steps toward erasing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, a symbol that ...

Florida does not seem to want to let go of its Confederate heritage. On Friday, April 26, the state of Florida officially honors the Floridians who took up arms in the Confederate battle against the ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The national president of a civil-rights group says Confederate symbols represent “treason” and should be removed from public objects, including the Mississippi state flag.

Some black Mississippi officials say they are boycotting a regional legislative meeting that their own state is hosting this summer, to protest the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag. The ...

Jimmy Buffet, John Grisham, Morgan Freeman and former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning are among famous current and former Mississippi residents asking the state to remove the Confederate ...

Georgia’s official state flag is actually the third flag design to fly over the state Capitol in Atlanta since 2001, when the Georgia flag bearing the Confederate battle emblem was removed and ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 14 -- State officials took down Confederate flags at two historic sites today after Democratic presidential hopeful Richard A. Gephardt said they shouldn't be flown anywhere.

Clyburn is praising that state's Gov. Nikki Haley for her call to remove the Confederate flag from state capitol grounds South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, the highest ranking African-American member in ...

Confederate flags will be displayed in a South Carolina town's Christmas parade. — -- The controversy over Confederate symbols in the South has made its way into a small town's Christmas parade.

The small VA high school is proud of its Confederate flag. — -- The front doors of Hurley High School in small-town Hurley, VA are proudly emblazoned with the blue stripes of the Confederate Flag ...

Confederate flag advocates of the group "Respect the Flag" were charged with terrorism after allegedly shouting slurs and threats at a child's birthday party Confederate flag advocates of the group ...