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On top of Stone Mountain, a Confederate flag supporter puts his hand on his weapon while a counter protester at right shouts at him, and a police officer calms the escalation, during a flag rally at Stone Mountain Park in Stone Mountain, Ga., on Saturday, August 1, 2015.

Barnum said they were in her SUV, which was not displaying any Confederate flags or stickers.

In 2006, Hervey authored “Why I Wave the Confederate Flag, Written by a Black Man”, in which he fully accounts for his reasoning in dedicating his life, which was cut short on Sunday, to this cause.

A black Mississippi man who often dressed in Confederate regalia to support the state flag has died in a one-car accident.

Lafayette County Coroner Rocky Kennedy confirmed that a man killed in a rollover vehicle crash near Oxford was Anthony Hervey, who has been an outspoken member of the Oxford community.in favor of the Confederate flag, for as long as most people can remember.

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Confederate flag was lowered from the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse today, ending its 54-year presence there and marking a stunning political reversal in a state where many thought the rebel banner would fly indefinitely.

For your efforts, you’ve won some salted meats, and a bottle of Rebel Yell, which you can share with the pro-Confederate flag protesters in period uniforms that braved triple-digit temps Friday to watch the flag come down.

Thousands gathered at the State House in Columbia to cheer the removal of the red, white and blue Civil War-era battle flag, regarded by many as a bitter symbol of racism and slavery that has no place in modern America.

The Republican governor has called for the flag’s removal. That design lasted only until 2003, when Barnes lost re-election and his Republican successor signed a bill into law restoring the stars and bars-inspired design. The flag resembles the Southern Cross design but is...

The dispute in Congress over the Confederate flag threatened on Friday to upend House Republican plans to move forward on routine spending legislation, amid concerns that Democrats could hijack the bills to debate the flag.

The Republican-controlled House scrapped a vote on permitting the Confederate flag at Park Service-run cemeteries on Thursday, a retreat under fire that only escalated a ferocious attack by Democrats complaining the banner celebrates a murderous, racist past.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed the measure Thursday ordering the flag flying over the state Capitol, which has been there since 1961, to be lowered by Friday.

The Detroit chapter of the National Action Network, a New York-based group founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton, has sent a letter asking for a meeting with Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors.

The flag will be displayed at the Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum roughly a mile down Gervais Street.

It should get to Gov. Nikki Haley’s desk before the end of the day.