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A Confederate battle flag hung inside the old North Carolina State Capitol last week to mark the sesquicentennial of the Civil War is being taken down after civil rights leaders raised concerns.The decision was announced Friday evening, hours after the Associated Press published a story about the flag, which officials said was part of an historical display intended to replicate how the antebellum building appeared in 1863. The flag had been planned to hang in the House chamber until April 2015, the 150th anniversary of the arrival of federal troops in Raleigh."This is a temporary exhibit in an historic site, but I've learned the governor's administration is going to use the old House chamber as working space," Cultural Resources Secretary Susan Kluttz said Friday night. "Given that information, this display will end this weekend rather than April of 2015."Kim Genardo, the spokeswoman for Gov. Pat McCrory, said the exhibit that includes the Confederate battle flag will be relocated, pos...
A Georgia county's board of commissioners has voted to keep the Confederate flag flying at the local courthouse, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.While the D...
A federal appeals court is considering the Sons of Confederate Veterans' challenge of the city of Lexington's decision to exclude the heritage group's battle flag fr...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- An Oregon school bus driver fired after he refused to remove a Confederate battle flag flying from his pickup truck has enlisted the help of a c...
An Oregon school bus driver fired after he refused to remove a Confederate battle flag flying from his pickup truck has enlisted the help of a conservative civil lib...
An Oregon school bus driver fired after he refused to remove a Confederate battle flag from his pickup truck has filed a federal lawsuit to get his job back.The laws...
Officials say a mistake is to blame for the Confederate flag being raised over the Mississippi Supreme Court building on Friday.Kym Wiggins, public information offic...
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. -- A year ago, dozens marched to protest the Confederate flag a white woman flew from her porch in a historically black Southern neighborhood. Afte...
Trace Adkins wore an earpiece decorated like the Confederate flag when he performed for the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting but says he meant no offense b...
A proposed Texas license plate created to honor Confederate veterans is under fire from elected officials who have vowed to protest the plate's Confederate flag desi...
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley isn't retreating from her decision to keep the Confederate flag atop the north end of the Statehouse in Columbia despite complaints f...
The Texas division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans has filed a lawsuit in federal court arguing that the Department of Motor Vehicles infringed on its free speec...
A senior at a Tennessee high school got turned away from her prom when she showed up in a custom-made Confederate flag dress.Texanna Edwards, 18, of Trenton, Tenn., ...
A Confederate battle flag hung inside the old North Carolina State Capitol to mark the sesquicentennial of the Civil War is raising concern with civil rights leaders...
A Central Texas school board is banning the Confederate battle flag from district property and district-sponsored events.Hays board members voted 5-2 Monday to amend...
Three students and their parents sued their school district in federal court, claiming their free-speech rights are being denied by a ban on the Confederate battle f...
So you wonder why I, as a black American, am offended by the Confederate battle flag? I'll tell you why.I remember hiding in my own yard, too terrified to stay in my...
A Confederate history organization has put up a flagpole in western Kentucky near Interstate 24 and plans to fly a large battle flag.The pole is on private land in R...
Ken Webber still proudly flies his Confederate battle flag with the word "Redneck" emblazed across it from the CB antenna on his pickup truck. He hopes that his laws...
Ken Webber still proudly flies his Confederate battle flag with the word "Redneck" emblazed across it from the CB antenna on his pickup truck. He hopes that his laws...