[ As I sit in the middle of Bragg 's Confederate sanctuary, I wonder whose interpretation of these images is more accurate. Bragg reveres those gray-clad men of honor, courage, and love of country--men he would claim fought to uphold the independence and rights of a sovereign people. I do not see that. I see men who hoped to sustain a society based on chattel slavery and an ideology of white supremacy, a society that held that some men were by right born "booted and spurred" to ride the saddles placed on the backs of Negroes by providence itself. Looking around the room I see images that degrade the memory of my ancestors. Which of our interpretations is more faithful to the historical reality? Who is the true southerner?] (Fort 2002).
The state coat of arms that was added to the Georgia State flag in 1905 was the only adjustment made to the flag till 1956. There was a move by the legislature in 1956 to incorporate a similar Confederate battle flag into the state flag. These legislators, who supported the segregation plans in defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown V. Board of Education decision, also gave their support to changing the state flag to incorporate the Confederate battle flag (Cobb 111).
, it’s simply ahistorical to deny the flags principal use in the 1960s was a segregationist symbol- and black Southerners haven’t
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The state 's coat of arms on a blue background was the initial flag of Georgia, the next flag that flew over Georgia till 1956 was like the first flag of the confederacy: vertical blue strip, and horizontal bands of red and white. There was political conflict over the Confederate Battle Emblem which involved the state sanctioned displays of the Confederate emblem in other Southern States such as Alabama, South Carolina, and Mississippi, one of the most recent political battles occurred in Georgia (Coski
Thomas tells a story of how his ancestor was a cook during the Civil War, he stated that he hung the Confederate Flag in his dorm room to honor his ancestor. Thomas quoted, “My Confederate flag isn’t racist; after all, I am black. I’m also an American who strongly believes in the constitutional right to free speech.” Down south in Birmingham, Alabama a black native and Marine by the name of Courtney Daniels is also a believer of keeping the Confederate flag. He wrote in the Birmingham news his opinion on how he felt that Confederate flag and its “gorgeous colors” were hijacked by “a few cowards in
The flag secede from the United States. In 1860-61 about eleven states seceded for protect institution of slavery. Which it wasn’t even about slavery in the first place, they just think that. They just think that because blacks thinks that white people use that flag to show sleevey but they don’t. It was
The Navy Jack Flag, better known as the Confederate Flag, was the symbol that showed their allegiance to the Confederacy during the Civil War. The flag is commonly represented by two blue stripes filled with white stars on a bright red background. Throughout the time of the Civil War, the Navy Jack
A short history of the New York State flag In 1777 New York adopted its first constitution, and the state arms were designed. This design first appeared on the flag in 1778. The figures of Justice and Liberty support a shield in which boats are overlooked by the rising sun. An American eagle perched on top of a globe, and the state motto appears in the center of a scroll below the shield composing the crest. The military flag consisted of the arms on a blue field, and in 1858 a similar flag was adopted for the state troops, but with a white background during the War of Revolution.
The Confederate flag has been one the most controversial and divisive symbol in American history. Recently, in the wake of the Charleston church shooting, the country has been in an uproar of the confederate flag. The shooting sparked discussion on whether the flag is hateful or represents the south’s history and wanted the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina state house. Many people believe that the confederate flag represents southern pride and southern history but in the mind of many others the flag represents slavery and the years and years of the oppression of African-Americans and other minorities. One of the reasons the confederate represents represents hate is that many hate-groups use it.
But the Confederate flag did not pass once and for all into the realm of history in 1865. And for that reason, we must examine how it has been used and perceived since then if we wish to understand the reactions that it evokes today. The flag never ceased being the flag of the Confederate soldier and still today commands wide respect as a memorial to the Confederate soldier. The history of the flag since 1865 is marked by the accumulation of additional meanings based on additional uses. Within a decade of the end of the war (even before the end of Reconstruction in 1877), white Southerners began using the Confederate flag as a memorial symbol for fallen heroes.
Do you want to know who had created the Flag of the United states or when was it made? The Flag was created on June 4th, 1777. Also,Francis Hopkinson Was the one who had made the U.S. Flag. This is now a celebration to where the flag is going to be celebrate. This is going to mean all of the symbols of the flag and what the flag does to protect us from what is happening.
and it’s common to see the Confederate flag, from bumpers stickers, to belt buckles and even on many front porches. From my experience, the flag is very offensive because of the hate that it was used to symbolize. Others feel that Confederate flag represents southern
The history of the Confederate Flag goes back to March 4 1861. It was used in the Civil War to separate the Union and the Confederate soldiers. This early version of the flag was created by William Thompson. The Confederate Flag was never meant to be a racist symbol, but people today think of it that way when they see it because the probably don't understand the meaning behind it. I believe that the flag is not a racist symbol, some of the ways people who used it may have been racist such a the KKK which started December 24, 1865, the KKK also used the cross and the american flag in their practices.
The Confederate flag was widely used in the The American Civil War 1861–1865, by southern states. The civil war was based on the abolishment of slavery; a war in which the south lost. The confederacy believed that slavery was a constitutional right. It is my opinion the confederate flag love and displaying is based
Many believe the flag needs to be placed in the Confederate Veterans Memorial. They think the flag brings racist rallying, conflict to civil rights, and hostility to black Americans. Therefore, believing the flag only brings the association with racial violence. Debating over this Confederate flag has many people
African Americans have faced bigotry and hatred at the hands of the confederate generals that were glorified and honored with statues. According to a 2015 CNN poll of 1017 participants, 72% of black contributors felt that the Confederate flag represented racism. If a large majority of people of an affected group feel that something is racist and personally is offensive to them in some way, people of another race have no place to dismiss them and tell them that they are wrong. Black people surely do not want to be reminded of the injustices their ancestors faced on a day to day basis, and taking down racist confederate figures in public would be a step in the right direction toward fixing this issue. The Southern Poverty Law Center also reports that although the Confederate flag use decreased after the Civil War, its popularity rose again in the 1960s, “...
Anything that you find worthy enough of being worn on your lapel, the bumper of your vehicle or in the form of a flag, is representative of your principles and ideals. The principles and ideals behind the Confederate States of America are as complex today as they were during the mid-1860s. Even though the South didn’t win the war there are still those who display the flag with absolutely no sense of its meaning and that is a perilous way to live your life. The problem with the Confederate Flag arises not directly from its philosophical and culturally complexity or that it is based upon the idea of a white master race, but rather the lack of knowledge surrounding the creation of the flag, the war and what it stood for. It’s not up to me to decide
And also they have use the American flag longer than they used the Confederate flag. Actually the American flag has been used by racist people a lot more than the Confederate flag we don't ban that because it's our country's flag. And most people in the south did not even own slaves at the time of the war. And this person had to say this about the flag “As an African American I have to say that I am not offended by the Confederate flag. It is part of the history of the south.
This loyalty was a significant characteristic of Southern Nationalism. The flag of the Confederacy was also another symbol of Southern Nationalism. “The Confederate government quickly became for the South, the successor to the federal government at Washington. A flag, the “ Stars and Bars,” was adopted for the new republic after a study by a committee that concluded that keeping the United States “Stars and Stripes” would be impractical and unpatriotic.” Southerners feared that white supremacy was in danger and feared slave rebellions.