However, the present-day interpretation of its symbolism has strayed from its original meaning ... The black American flag first appeared during the American Civil War of 1861-1865. Confederate ...

But for Karen Cooper, a black woman who was born in New ... as “an ongoing documentary about the place and meaning of the Confederate battle flag, 150 years after the Civil War.” ...

"I actually think that it represents freedom," Cooper, a black woman ... to the Ku Klux Klan—"hijack" the true meaning of the Confederate flag. Read more at the Washington Post and CNN.

Over the years, the Confederate battle flag has come to mean different things to different people in politics and pop culture. To many, it is emblematic of slavery, racism and the bloody battles ...

Syracuse University historian Jonathan Wilson, who studies antebellum American literature, tracked down the meaning of the second Confederate flag ... of white women by black men.

Taking down the Confederate flag does not mean supporters of the flag have lost ... One of my ancestors, Benjamin Thomas, was a black Confederate cook, and I do not want to turn my back on ...

Removing the Confederate flag is not only far from a ... will stop targeting minorities? Does that mean that the ongoing summary executions of black men, women and children at the hands of police ...

who is black. One hundred and fifty years after the Civil War began about 20 miles away in Charleston Harbor, fights continue over the meaning of the Confederate flag. Some see it as a symbol of ...

A woman who was filmed waving a Confederate flag at Black Lives Matter protesters has now said she didn't fully understand its meaning. More Erik Perel/Getty Jenkins told Ozarks First she lost her ...

That’s basically how I feel right now about Black people defending the Confederate flag. Still ... neighborhood being polite to her does not mean that they actually believe she’s equal ...

The Juneteenth flag will fly over some state capitols and city buildings on June 19. Here's what to know about the flag's ...

But for Karen Cooper, a black woman who was born in New ... as “an ongoing documentary about the place and meaning of the Confederate battle flag, 150 years after the Civil War.” ...