Modern display of the Confederate flag | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-05

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Modern display of the Confederate flag


00:01:30 1 Background
00:01:56 2 The vernacular "Confederate flag"
00:03:31 3 Revival and controversy
00:04:55 3.1 Unofficial military use
00:06:08 3.2 Political groups
00:09:27 3.3 Religious groups
00:09:49 3.4 Public opinion (2011-2017)
00:11:51 3.5 Historical and modern meaning
00:13:53 3.6 Popularity outside the southern U.S.
00:14:12 3.6.1 Pacific Northwest
00:15:39 3.6.2 At European far-right events
00:16:11 3.6.3 "Southern pride" in Italy's football stadiums
00:17:55 3.7 In film and television
00:18:18 3.8 Use by musicians
00:19:11 3.9 University of Mississippi statue
00:20:27 3.10 House bill banning flag at VA cemeteries
00:21:31 3.11 Six Flags Over Texas
00:22:09 3.12 Display at American University
00:22:36 3.13 Silent Sam controversy (North Carolina)
00:22:57 4 Official usage in southern U.S. states
00:24:10 4.1 State flags
00:24:18 4.1.1 Alabama
00:26:13 4.1.2 Arkansas
00:26:39 4.1.3 Florida
00:27:11 4.1.4 Georgia
00:28:22 4.1.5 Mississippi
00:29:40 4.1.6 North Carolina
00:30:05 4.2 State symbol
00:30:48 4.3 State seals
00:32:17 4.4 Vehicle license plates
00:34:01 4.5 Display at South Carolina State Capitol
00:38:11 5 Reactions to 2015 Charleston church shooting
00:40:23 5.1 Removal from South Carolina State Capitol
00:45:56 5.2 Retailer bans
00:48:33 5.3 NASCAR
00:49:45 5.4 Washington National Cathedral
00:50:44 6 Trump rallies
00:52:13 7 Display in South Carolina vandalized
00:53:02 8 See also
00:53:37 9 Further reading



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The display of flags used by and associated with the Confederate States of America (1861–1865) has continued, with a long interruption, into the present day, with the "Southern cross" used in the battle flag of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia gaining the most popular recognition as a modern symbol of the Confederacy, and by extension, the Southern United States in general. Such displays have been made for a variety of reasons, with Southern heritage, states' rights, and historical commemoration among the stated reasons for particular uses. Displaying the flag has long been controversial in the United States, due to the flag's longstanding associations with racism, slavery, segregation, white supremacy, and treason. Many Southerners associate the Confederate battle flag with pride in their heritage and traditions, but for most outsiders it is impossible to separate the flag from its association with the defense of slavery and racial bias.
 
Despite the common belief that "the Confederate flag" has remained in uninterrupted use since the end of the American Civil War, its use was mostly limited to historical films, like Gone with the Wind (1939). Its revival in the 1950s and 1960s came about because of the American Civil War Centennial, but was also used to show opposition to the 
Civil Rights Movement, starting with Senator Strom Thurmond's Dixiecrats in 1948.  Racism played a major role  in its renewed popularity.