that thousands of men and women have risked their life for over the many years of war? The Confederate Flag has been a symbol of our freedom for over hundreds of years. It is merely been a part of our history‚ something we were raised on‚ something we fought for. The confederate flag is simply heritage not hate! We have fought for that flag since the 1800’s. In the early eighteen hundreds the confederate flag was raised at Fort Sumter which was the first major confrontation between the north and
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STATE OF ALABAMA Montgomery‚ Alabama Office of the Legislative Analyst June 21‚ 1988 MEMORANDUM FOR THE GOVERNOR FROM: [NAME WITHHELD]‚ Legislative Analyst SUBJECT: Flying of Confederate Flag over Capital Building ISSUE: Presentation of analysis for your decision: BACKGROUND: The office of the Governor has received several demands by members representing the state’s chapter of the NAACP to remove the Confederate flag (“flag”). Earlier this year 13 African-American legislators were
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Confederate flag Lots of people say the confederate flag is a sign of racism but I believe that it is a part of history. The confederate flag is the flag that represented the the south in the civil war which was a big part of american history. I myself do not believe that the flag is racist but the people who do are wrong because they don’t understand that it is a part of history ‚one of the most popular quotes is heritage not hate. William thomas the creator of the flag said “upon a red field
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The Confederate Flag was the main flag for the Confederates during the civil war‚ and has remained a part of the southern culture to this day. The Confederates in the Civil War stood for the right to own people and force them to work. The Confederate Flag in the 1860’s was more a symbol of people fighting for beliefs‚ but today is a symbol of modern racism. The Confederate Flag is offensive to African-Americans‚ and is a symbol of racial segregation. The Confederate Flag is a symbol of racism and
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Army with the combined leadership of Lincoln‚ Grant‚ and Sherman. They lost because of the Union’s overwhelming manpower and economic advantages. However‚ there is more to it than just that. In the book Confederate Reckoning‚ author Stephanie McCurry states that the Confederate States of America did themselves in due to structural issues within their society. The book presents a “political history of the unfranchised” referring to Southern slaves and wartime women. Ironically‚ the most underrepresented
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The Confederate Flag of the CSS Virginia: The Stars and Bars were the first official flag of the Confederacy. Although a striking likeness is shared between this flag and to the Union’s “Stars and Stripes‚” the symbols are representations of two nations at war; two very different places and mindsets. The Confederate Stars and Bars were flown from March‚ 1861‚ to May‚ 1863 and throughout that time this flag would gain stars at the same rate that the confederacy gained states into their union‚
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Confederate States of America: Beauregard Battle Flag Chantell L. Bonham Atwood-Hammond High School Abstract In this research paper I will be discussing the controversies with the Confederate Battle Flag known today as the “Rebel Flag” and the “Beauregard Battle Flag”. In this paper‚ you will see the National Association of the Advancement for Colored People (NAACP)‚ this is an organization that helps protects colored people’s rights. I went about researching everything using the
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America’s most embattled emblem (Coski). Also known as the Confederate Flag. The Flag is very controversial to whether or not the Flag should be allowed to be flown or not. There are many cases in which the Flag is correlated to bad situations‚ but also related to good meanings. The Flag is used in many ways such as‚ a memoriam and in bad ways such as‚ KKK marches. While the flag will always be flown somewhere‚ one will never stop the Flag from being flown‚ racism can be stopped. The flying
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from the South Poverty Law Center identified 718 Confederate monuments and statues scattered across the country‚ but today there are possibly up to 1‚000‚ according to USA Today‚ at least 60 Confederate symbols have been removed today”‚ but that’s not even counting the recent removals we’ve had. Today we live in a world that has multiple perspectives on how things have turned out and why. One of the most debatable topics are the removal of the confederate monuments. People think that having these monuments
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what truly was at fault for the Confederate secession of 1861‚ from the weighted morality question of slavery to the differences in social structures. However‚ the Civil War was not about agreeing on societal customs or the abolishment of slavery. Freeing the slaves was an advantage but certainly not the goal. Like so many circumstances pertaining to American interests‚ the internal strife was due to the dynamic shift in the economic and governing power the states were experiencing‚ seemingly‚ all
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