Symbols matter. If they didn’t, we wouldn’t be in the midst of such acrimonious debate about the Confederate flag, 150 years after the end of the Civil War. Most of its defenders assert — ...

The debate regarding the prominence of the Confederate flag added an international element when photos of Dylann Roof, the man who killed nine people last week in the Charleston church massacre, ...

Imagine the disgust felt by black nationalist Marcus Garvey when he first heard the 1900 song mocking the African diaspora and its lack of a flag. Not only was there a racist song deriding the ...

Across Africa, nations take great pride in their flags, with each design telling a unique story. While many African flags are ...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s Equality Court on Wednesday restricted the display of the country’s old apartheid-era flag, ruling that its gratuitous use amounts to hate speech and racial ...

Supporters of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) display an old South African flag, second from left, an old Afrikaner "Vierkleur" flag and swastika-like flags. AP JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ...

The South African government has announced in the official Government Gazette that the Gay Flag of South Africa has been approved and accepted as the country’s official gay flag (an adaptation of the ...

When it’s completed, it will be so large as to be visible from space. If it succeeds, it will create a top ecological attraction, reduce economic hardships and help modernize a community. It’s the ...

What was described as the last racial issue in the Union of South Africa was last week removed when Prime Minister James Barry Munnik Hertzog and former Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts, now leader ...

Throughout Black History Month, the City of Annapolis is flying 76 flags downtown representing the African diaspora. The African diaspora is the term often used to describe the global dispersion of ...

South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a ruling that the "gratuitous" public display of the country's old apartheid-era flag amounts to hate speech and racial discrimination and can ...