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 Gov. Roy Barnes, right, and Cecil Alexander, left, the designer of the new Georgia state flag, pose with the banner in the governors office at the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2001.

Black lawmakers objected not to the Confederate roots of the temporary flag, but to the possibility of bringing back the Dixie battle cross, which was first added to Georgia’s flag in 1956 when ...

ATLANTA, April 25 -- The Georgia Legislature voted today to change the state flag to a version that echoes the Confederate battle emblem, but without the familiar Dixie cross that had led black ...

Georgia shrank the battle flag emblem from its dominant position on its state flag in 2001 in a move led by the Georgia House Black Caucus and supported by Democratic then-Governor Roy Barnes.

After months of debating Georgia's flag, state lawmakers struck a surprise compromise Friday — an entirely new flag that echoes an old Confederate flag but does not include the divisive Dixie ...

Like the flag that flew over Georgia before 1956, it will include the state seal on a blue field. Unlike any other Georgia flag, it will have the motto "In God We Trust." ...

Georgia’s official state flag, based on an early version of the Confederate banner, is still flying this week after the church massacre. The Georgia state flag appears different from what most ...

The Georgia Senate, exhorted by the governor to "seek the salve of reconciliation," voted 34-22 on Tuesday to reduce the Confederate fighting banner on the state flag to a miniature symbol.. The ...

The Georgia Senate voted Tuesday to give the state its third flag in just over two years, but not before fixing typos in the bill that could lead to the legislation's defeat.

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 ...