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• Public display of the Confederate flag has been a hotly debated issue in the United States for over 100 years. Advocates of the Dixie symbolism argue that the flag represents a recognition of State rights and Southern pride. The flags detractors claim that the flag is a symbol of slavery, and a reminder of the inequality of the Jim Crow era.

• Fast Facts

  1. Confederate States of America had 3 flag designs
  2. 2001: Mississippi voters opt to keep Confederate flag emblem on state flag
  3. Removed from the South Carolina state capital in 2000
  4. • Stars and Bars
  5. • Rebel Flag
  6. • Dixie Flag
  7. • Stainless Banner
  8. • Bonnie Blue
  9. • Battle Flag
  10. • Last Confederate Flag
  11. Used by the Vietcong, and Saddam Hussein to expresses anti-American sentiment
  12. Often associated with the Ku Klux Klan
  13. Historically represented Southern resistance to Northern political dominance

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