Confederate flag debate

University of Texas at Austin has removed a statue of the Confederate President Jefferson Davis. A Confederate heritage group sought to thwart the plans, but ultimately failed.

The decision is not final but the commission's opinion "does hold some weight" if it goes before the city council.

The boycott began in 2000, the same year the Confederate flag was moved from atop the Statehouse building to an area on its grounds.

After days of intense debate and a decisive vote by South Carolina lawmakers, the Confederate flag was taken down Friday from above the Statehouse complex.

The South Carolina House approved a bill early Thursday to take down the Confederate flag from the state Capitol grounds. Gov. Nikki Haley is expected to sign the bill within days.

After the debate and consideration of amendments, the removal of the Confederate battle flag is expected to today win overwhelming approval from South Carolina House members.

The South Carolina Senate voted to remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse. A House vote is next.

Calhoun College, one of Yale's 12 residential schools, is named after 1804 alumnus John C. Calhoun — "one of the most prolific defenders of slavery in American history."

A statue featuring a Confederate soldier at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill has been vandalized.

In Mississippi, the Confederate battle emblem is sewn right into the state flag. The history and pain of those stars and bars still runs deep in the Magnolia State.

It's as though “there are people telling you ‘you do not belong’ ” on campus, a recent black graduate of Louisiana State University said.

In the wake of the recent massacre in Charleston, intense public backlash against Confederate symbols has ensued — and the debate is roaring in small rural communities.