[flyervet]

Actually, the Confederate battle emblem was added to the Georgia State Flag in direct response to the Brown v. BoE decision as a symbol of defiance against integration. Georgia should have gone back to the pre-56 flag, which would have honored both history and all Georgians. Plus, it's pretty spiffy looking.

[ned]

Georgia should have gone back to the pre-56 flag, which would have honored both history and all Georgians. Plus, it's pretty spiffy looking.

This was Georgia's state flag between 1920 and 1956:

You're right, it was kind of spiffy.

But I think it's kind of neat that Georgia changes the flag every few decades. It's a neat tradition.

[NationUnderGod]

Agreed. And it is a good looking flag pre 1956. Perceptions matter when a country at war stands together. The Confederate flag divides and with reason.

[mhking]

Actually, the Confederate battle emblem was added to the Georgia State Flag in direct response to the Brown v. BoE decision as a symbol of defiance against integration. Georgia should have gone back to the pre-56 flag, which would have honored both history and all Georgians.

The pre-56 flag would have been fine with me, and I'm suspecting fine with most people in Georgia. A large part of the problem is the way in which Barnes went about it. He got no input from the masses; on the contrary, he went to Tyrone Brooks (head of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials, who himself was spearheading getting the flag changed in the first place) and a small handful of others to get this done. The General Assembly didn't even get to see the flag until the process was over and done with.

And never mind that none of us lowly serfs got to see it...

[doryfunk]

The St Andrews Cross and mullets were not added in protest of Brown vs. Board of Education. They were added as a memorial to prepare for what was then the upcoming centennial of the Revolution of 1861. You can check the record of the debate in the legislature on the bill. Thats what they said. Brown vs. Board was never mentioned.

[lugsoul]

You are exactly right - Why Roy didn't see this as the only true solution is a mystery to me.