Why did the Georgia Assembly include the Confederate battle flag within the Georgia state flag in 1956?

Question

A. to protest integration
B. to display southern pride
C. to show support for integration
D. to promote racial healing

Answer 1

B. To display southern pride. The inclusion of the Confederate battle flag in the Georgia state flag in 1956 was part of a larger reactionary movement against the Civil Rights Movement and was meant to symbolize the state's resistance to desegregation and defiance of federal authority.