But in at least five other Southern states, symbols of the old Confederacy form part of the state flags themselves. Alabama state flag Encyclopaedia Britannica / UIG via Getty Images Alabama ...

If you want to know what Southern heritage is all about, don’t follow the debate over the Confederate flag. Follow the money, says Michael Lind, a historian and native Southerner. While the ...

The flag is a symbol of slavery and white supremacy to many but a matter of states' rights and Southern heritage for others. Here's how the controversial flag has evolved: First Confederate flag ...

Defenders of the flag say it's a symbol of Southern heritage.Detractors maintain that hatred and racism are an inextricable part of that heritage.With all the focus on South Carolina, it's easy to ...

The Confederate battle flag that waves near South Carolina's statehouse once flew over the state's Capitol building, part of a larger rebuke by several Southern states of the 1960s Civil Rights ...

A conceptual-art project that includes plans to burn and bury Confederate flags in 13 mostly Southern states on Memorial Day has drawn the ire of groups such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans ...

Legislators across the South are now taking up the debate over the prominence of the Confederate flag in their states: South Carolina, Mississippi and others.

The Northern population's mounting hostility to slavery during the 1850s—and especially to its continuing spread within the U.S.—led southern states to leave the Union and initiate the Civil War.

If you want to know what Southern heritage is all about, don’t follow the debate over the Confederate flag. Follow the money, says Michael Lind, a historian and native Southerner. While the ...