/tags/confederate-flag Confederate Flag en-US Copyright Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:32:22 GMT /politics/2023-06-12/supreme-court-north-carolina-license-plates-confederate-flag The dispute stems from North Carolina’s 2021 decision to stop issuing specialty license plates bearing the insignia of the North Carolina chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:32:22 GMT /politics/2023-06-12/supreme-court-north-carolina-license-plates-confederate-flag Associated Press /news/2021-09-22/e-pluribus-unum-jackson-county-confederate-monument-updated County commissioners in August voted to change the plaque on the statue outside the old Jackson County courthouse to remove the Confederate flag on it as well the inscription to ‘Our Heroes of the Confederacy.’ The changes were completed Monday afternoon, says Commissioner Gayle Woody. Wed, 22 Sep 2021 16:25:14 GMT /news/2021-09-22/e-pluribus-unum-jackson-county-confederate-monument-updated Lilly Knoepp /news/2021-02-01/north-carolina-stops-issuing-confederate-license-plates The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles is no longer issuing specialty license plates featuring the Confederate battle flag, according to a… Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:19:01 GMT /news/2021-02-01/north-carolina-stops-issuing-confederate-license-plates Associated Press, Jason deBruyn /race-demographics/2020-12-17/frank-stasios-fondest-shows-meet-bree-newsome-who-removed-south-carolinas-confederate-flag Activist Bree Newsome Bass gained national attention in the summer of 2015 when she was arrested for scaling the flagpole at the statehouse in Columbia,… Thu, 17 Dec 2020 17:36:17 GMT /race-demographics/2020-12-17/frank-stasios-fondest-shows-meet-bree-newsome-who-removed-south-carolinas-confederate-flag Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-12-17/frank-stasios-fondest-shows-meet-bree-newsome-who-removed-south-carolinas-confederate-flag Activist Bree Newsome Bass gained national attention in the summer of 2015 when she was arrested for scaling the flagpole at the statehouse in Columbia,… Thu, 17 Dec 2020 17:36:17 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-12-17/frank-stasios-fondest-shows-meet-bree-newsome-who-removed-south-carolinas-confederate-flag Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2020-07-16/black-lives-matter-billboard-erected-next-to-confederate-flag-in-pittsboro A group in Pittsboro has erected a Black Lives Matter billboard to counter a Confederate flag that stands along U.S. Highway 64.Social justice activist… Thu, 16 Jul 2020 14:42:13 GMT /race-demographics/2020-07-16/black-lives-matter-billboard-erected-next-to-confederate-flag-in-pittsboro Associated Press, Rebecca Martinez /military/2020-06-16/the-marine-corps-bans-the-confederate-flag Earlier this month the U.S. Marine Corps ordered the removal of the Confederate flag from Marine installations. The timing suggests this announcement is… Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:01:33 GMT /military/2020-06-16/the-marine-corps-bans-the-confederate-flag Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-06-16/the-marine-corps-bans-the-confederate-flag Earlier this month the U.S. Marine Corps ordered the removal of the Confederate flag from Marine installations. The timing suggests this announcement is… Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:01:33 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-06-16/the-marine-corps-bans-the-confederate-flag Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /sports/2020-06-10/nascar-bans-confederate-flag-from-its-races-and-properties NASCAR banned the Confederate flag from its races and properties on Wednesday, formally distancing itself from what for many is a symbol of slavery and… Wed, 10 Jun 2020 21:45:22 GMT /sports/2020-06-10/nascar-bans-confederate-flag-from-its-races-and-properties Associated Press /sports/2020-06-10/ban-the-confederate-flag-nascar-could-see-the-end-of-an-era The familiar scene of Confederate flags waved by fans at NASCAR tracks could soon be a relic of racing's good ol' boy roots.Bubba Wallace — the lone black… Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:03:42 GMT /sports/2020-06-10/ban-the-confederate-flag-nascar-could-see-the-end-of-an-era Associated Press