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.

A May 13, 2014, hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Georgia nominees to the federal bench. A May 13, 2014, hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Georgia nominees to the federal bench.

After months of arguing, lawmakers drew up a new flag instead. The new Georgia state flag and the U.S. flag flutter by Miss Freedom, at the state Capitol in Atlanta.

ATLANTA — While the Confederate battle emblem is being removed from the Mississippi state flag, Georgia has had its own very tumultuous history with its own flag -- especially since 1956 ...

Kennedy Profile in Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation for his successful effort to take down a Georgia state flag that prominently featured the Confederate battle emblem.

Georgia's first, unofficial, flag was blue with the state's coat of arms in the center in yellow. The coat of arms is the three-columned arch containing the state motto of "wisdom, justice ...

The measure was passed with a vote of 34 to 22. Georgia State legislator’s debated whether to adopt a new state flag with a smaller Confederate battle symbol. They discussed Southern heritage ...

A segregation-era flag bearing the Confederate battle emblem was changed in 2001 and then again in 2004 amid strong debate and disagreement. Georgia’s official state flag is actually the third ...

Gov. Sonny Perdue signed a bill Thursday to replace the unpopular 2-year-old state flag with a simpler design that does not include a Confederate battle emblem. The new flag, inspired by a ...