The 1956 flag: The Georgia state flag was changed Feb. 13, 1956, incorporating a Confederate battle emblem into the design, as a response to the Supreme Court rulings on desegregating schools.

Georgia Flag NPR's Kathy Lohr reports that six months after the Georgia legislature adopted a new state flag with a reduced confederate emblem, some people want to bring back the old flag. People ...

As the old flag came down, drivers slowed their cars to watch and there were scattered cheers and boos from a crowd on the Capitol lawn. “This is a historic day in Georgia and I didn’t want my ...