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.

The actual Confederate flag is almost identical to the current state flag of Georgia, and that’s not a coincidence. It was a deliberate choice, a way of forcing an emblem of the Confederacy onto ...

How and why the Georgia state flag has changed over the years By MIKE OWEN - [email protected]. Updated June 27, 2015 11:22 PM. There have been more than six flags over Georgia.

Former President Carter and former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young have endorsed the 2003 flag, as has state Rep. Tyrone Brooks, president of the Georgia Assn. of Black Elected Officials.

Georgia voters will still get a referendum next year — to pick between the new three-stripe flag and the 2001 flag. Few give the 2001 flag any chance to win.

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 ...