Confederate flag — History News Network

Source: Substack

2/16/2023

Nikki Haley's Confederate Flag Revisionism

by Kevin M. Levin

"Hopefully, Haley understands that a presidential bid means that she is no longer sitting in a room with the Sons of Confederate Veterans."

Source: Washington Post

2/15/2023

Nikki Haley's Confederate Flag Story

The former South Carolina governor, now once again a presidential candidate, has claimed credit for taking the Confederate flag off of the state house. A timeline shows she was often more conciliatory to the powerful pro-Confederate constituency in the state.

Source: Stars and Stripes

4/23/2020

Marine Commandant Defends Banning Confederate Flag As A Divisive Symbol

“This symbol has shown it has the power to inflame feelings of division,” Gen. David Berger wrote in a letter to Marines dated Monday and included in a tweet.

Source: New York Times

4/26/2020

Michigan Senator Apologizes for Mask That Looked Like Confederate Flag

A Republican state senator in Michigan apologized for wearing a homemade mask that resembled the Confederate battle flag on the Senate floor on Friday.

Source: Washington Post

3/6/2020

The Latest Battle over the Confederate Flag Isn’t Happening Where You’d Expect

by Megan Kate Nelson

Confederate actions in the Far Western theater of the war reveal the extent to which the Confederate flag became a symbol of white supremacy and conquest.

Source: YouGov

1/13/20

What the Confederate flag means in America today

New study reveals stark divides on how Americans think about the Confederate flag.

Source: Washington Post

12/8/19

Nikki Haley gets the history of the Confederate flag very wrong

by Adam H. Domby

On Friday, Haley declared the Confederate flag was “hijacked” by the racism of a single white supremacist terrorist in 2015, and that before then, “people saw it as service, sacrifice and heritage.”

Source: NY Times

12/7/19

Nikki Haley's Confederate Flag Comments Spark Backlash

She told the conservative radio host Glenn Beck that the Confederate flag symbolized “service, sacrifice and heritage” for some people in her state until Dylann S. Roof “hijacked” it.

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

3/25/19

An enormous Confederate flag is going on display in Philly this week — here’s why

“What would it mean to the psychology of this nation if the truce flag replaced the flag associated with hate and white supremacy?”

Source: The Washington Post

October 22, 2018

Confederate pride and prejudice

Some white Northerners see a flag rooted in racism as a symbol of patriotism.

Source: The Post and Courier

February 15, 2018

S.C. museum seeking $350,000 to display Statehouse Confederate flags

A South Carolina museum is sending a $350,000 request to lawmakers for displaying a pair of Confederate flags that flew over the Statehouse grounds, but its leaders have another suggestion: showcase the banners someplace else.

1/4/18

The Year It Became Embarrassing to Fly the Confederate Flag

An interview with James W. Loewen.

August 16, 2017

There Shouldn’t Be any Statues Honoring Robert E. Lee Anywhere

by Ed Simon

To remove Confederate memorials is not to white-wash history, far from it. It’s to finally remove the stain which concealed for too many Americans the reasons for why that hideous war was fought.

Source: NYT

August 11, 2017

Charlottesville debated removing a statue of Robert E. Lee. Then white nationalists came to town.

The debate over the statue began about a year and a half ago, when an African-American high school student here started a petition to have it removed.