Confederate flag

Roof's apparent racist motivations drew attention to the fact that the Confederate battle flag still flew on South Carolina's State House grounds and that Confederate flag memorabilia was available for purchase from stores and online vendors.

Some people who support the Confederate flag tried to separate themselves from the KKK's actions.

RACIST SYMBOL Confederate flags at barn where cross is prepared for burning

The confederate flag is not a flag I personally would be comfortable with.

The battle over the banner was stoked by photos of the accused shooter, Dylann Roof, 21, posing with a Confederate flag on a website bearing a racist manifesto.

Speaking of the South, it's been a big week here politically with calls to remove the Confederate flag from state buildings.

Some US residents are making a big stink about the banning of a Confederate flag, a stark reminder of the country's history of slavery .

Retailers Feel Pressure on Confederate Flag Merchandise

In online forums, too, Civil War re-enactors have discussed the Confederate flag in the wake of the Charleston shootings.

TEHRAN (FNA)- US police arrested an African-American woman for removing the Confederate flag in front of the South Carolina Statehouse.

A few hours later, South Carolina's Republican governor Nikki Haley - the daughter of Sikh immigrants - appealed to the state's law-making council to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the capitol building.

Virginia, Tennessee, Maryland and North Carolina seem poised to keep the Confederate flag off license plates.

The vivid intersection of past and present immediately led to an intense public conversation regarding the presence of the Confederate flag at South Carolina's statehouse in Columbia, as well as other public venues throughout the South.

I AM deeply concerned by the news (ECHO, 19 April) that a memorial plaque will be unveiled in our city bearing a Confederate flag to British veterans of the American civil war.

and other Democrats expressed opposition to him because of positions he has taken on abortion, same-sex marriage and the Confederate flag.