1. We know all we need to know about the Confederate battle flag. 2. Also in South Carolina, controversy over the Confederate battle flag, which flies atop the state Capitol, caused headaches for Republican presidential candidates. 3. And inside hangs, quite improbably, the state flag of Georgia - the old one, bearing the large Confederate battle emblem. 4. And one of the ways we can bring our country together is to recognize that the Confederate battle flag divides America. 5. As a symbol of enduring racial tensions in the South, the Confederate battle flag is waving just as strongly as ever. 6. As the manager of a Circle K convenience store a few blocks from the Statehouse on Main Street, she has to see the Confederate battle flag every day. 7. As they do in much of the Deep South, passions for the Confederate battle flag run high in Mississippi. 8. Black legislators have filed two bills that would remove the Confederate battle symbol, which they feel glorifies the Old South and with it, slavery. 9. Black legislators have filed two bills that would remove the Confederate battle symbol, which they feel glorifies the Old South and, with it, slavery. 10. A friend of mine once found herself embroiled in a bitter argument over the Confederate battle flag. |