Confederate flag

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• 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."

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• 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. 

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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. 

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• 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.” 

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• 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.

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• 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?”

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  10-22-18
  

  Confederate pride and prejudice

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

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• SOURCE: The Post and Courier
  2-15-18
  

  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.

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• 1/4/18
  

  The Year It Became Embarrassing to Fly the Confederate Flag

  An interview with James W. Loewen. 

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• 8-16-17
  

  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.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  8-11-17
  

  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.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  6-12-17
  

  The Confederate flag largely disappeared after the Civil War, so what happened?

  The fight against civil rights brought it back.

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• SOURCE: The Clarion-Ledger
  5-24-17
  

  Mississippi historian Otis W. Pickett calls on the state to let Confederate emblem on Mississippi flag go

  by Otis W. Pickett

  "There is no value in celebrating an image that so deeply hurts my African-American brothers and sisters.”

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• 5-28-17
  

  Massachusetts Has Had a Confederate Flag Problem, too

  by Kevin M. Levin

  It’s not just Southerners who have to face hard truths.

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• SOURCE: The Daily Beast
  4-17-17
  

  Candidate’s Rebel Yell for Confederate Flag Falls on Deaf Ears in South Carolina

  In a crowded Republican field in South Carolina, Sheri Few stands out for all the wrong reasons.

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• SOURCE: The Root
  10-5-16
  

  African-American Tourism in SC on the Rise Since Removal of Confederate Flag

  And according to a University of South Carolina study, there’s even more room for growth.

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• SOURCE: Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education
  9-22-16
  

  Annette Gordon-Reed tells historians the controversy over Harvard law school's shield is different from the fight over the Confederate flag

  by Peter Feinman

  She contrasted the Law School shield with the Confederate flag: the former was not created and has not been viewed as a symbol of slavery.