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Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Mississippi State Flag's Confederate Symbolism

4:34pm April 03, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

A black Mississippi resident sued the state, saying the use of the Confederate battle flag amounted to state-sanctioned racial discrimination. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed the suit.

A statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee, seen here in 2015, photo, is slated for removal in Lee Circle in New Orleans.

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New Orleans Can Remove Confederate Statues, Federal Appeals Court Says

11:35am March 07, 2017

by Bill Chappell

"There may have been a time when that monument reflected who we were as a city, but times change. And so do we," Mayor Mitch Landrieu said when he announced the plan.

Greg Stewart is executive director of Beauvoir, the former Biloxi, Miss., home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Stewart wants to preserve the Mississippi state flag with its Confederate emblem. "When you're asking me to take it down because those

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Reverence And Rage: Southerners Battle Over Relics Of The Confederacy

6:23pm March 17, 2016

by Debbie Elliott

After the killing of nine African-Americans in a South Carolina church last year, there's been a renewed push to take down Confederate symbols across the South. Still, not everyone agrees.

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The Robert E. Lee Monument in Lee Circle in New Orleans, shown on Sept. 2, is one of four prominent Confederate monuments the City Council has voted to remove.

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New Orleans Shifts Away From Symbols Of Old South

6:44pm December 17, 2015

by Debbie Elliott

The City Council votes to remove four prominent Confederate monuments. The decision comes after four decades of work by activists — and months of heated debate.

Maryland will no longer offer Sons of Confederate Veterans license plates, starting next month.

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Maryland To Be The Third State To Phase Out Confederate Flag License Plates

6:04pm October 16, 2015

by Laura Wagner

A federal judge's ruling allows Maryland to phase out plates featuring the rebel battle flag. The state's move is a reaction to the murders in a black church in South Carolina.

A Tea Party supporter rings a bell in protest of the health care law in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, as Obamacare supporters shout behind her.

Drama On The Docket: High Court's Term Set To End With Slate Of Big Cases

3:25pm June 15, 2015

by Ron Elving

It's crunch time for the U.S. Supreme Court, as consequential decisions will be coming soon. The biggest issues left: same-sex marriages, subsidies under Obamacare and lethal injection drugs.

Waverly Adcock, a sergeant and founder of the West Augusta Guard, prepares his company for inspection and battle at a Civil War re-enactment in Virginia. Sara Smith, whose great-great-grandfather was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, holds the Confeder

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Six Words: 'Must We Forget Our Confederate Ancestors?'

9:30am October 22, 2014

by NPR Staff

The Confederate flag is a sign of bigotry to some. For others, says reporter Jesse Dukes, it symbolizes family heritage and defiance — but also what he calls a "willful innocence" about U.S. history.

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