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The Confederate flag is a controversial symbol for many Americans today. A 2011 Pew Research Center poll revealed that 30% of Americans had a "negative reaction" when "they saw the Confederate flag displayed". [46] According to the same poll, 9% of Americans had a positive reaction. A majority (58%) did not react.
Confederate monuments and memorials in the United States include public displays and symbols of the Confederate States of America (CSA), Confederate leaders, or Confederate soldiers of the American Civil War. Many monuments and memorials have been or will be removed under great controversy.
View Article The post Confederate symbols prove difficult to remove in many states appeared first on TheGrio. Just past the gate at an entrance to the Texas Capitol, a large monument honoring the ...
'I am well aware of how many Americans negatively view the Confederate flag, and, personally, I am very sympathetic to these views.' US Capitol replacing flag display over Confederate imagery Skip ...
Mississippi Democrats have filed bills to remove Confederate symbols from the state capitol and Washington D.C.
Chart of public symbols of the Confederacy and its leaders as surveyed by the Southern Poverty Law Center, by year of establishment [note 1]. Most of the Confederate monuments on public land were built in periods of racial conflict, such as when Jim Crow laws were being introduced in the late 19th century and at the start of the 20th century or during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ...
Leaders voted 5-4 to put the controversial sculpture on display. As Confederate statues come down, here’s why SC county voted to put one at a museum Skip to main content
The Confederate States used several flags during its existence from 1861 to 1865. Since the end of the American Civil War, the personal and official use of Confederate flags and flags derived from them has continued under considerable controversy. [110] "Following the war, proponents of the Lost Cause used the battle flag to represent Southern ...