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Adrienna A. Payton
Professor Jean Coco
English 1001
11 April 2016
Audience: Those who are for and against the Confederate Battle Flag
Appearance: Blog or a talk
Process Preface
I think that the topic I chose has plenty of resources for me to give credit to the work that
I cite. The subject of the matter is interesting enough for the reader to stay drawn to, and the
writing context will be relaxed enough for teens to adults to understand. I know I need to work
on making things more specific. The topic is too broad for my likings, I would like to make it
more specific, but I know that it will take away from the effect I want my paper to have on the
readers. The issues I am currently having are citations. I want to write the paper, then cite the
information that I got from previous authors. I do not want to do it as I am writing because I feel
that it takes away from my creativity in the writing stage
.
Discovery Draft
Confederate Battle Flag: Strong Emotions for a Simple Symbol

The Confederate Battle Flag has sparked many emotions over recent years. The people
who are supportive of the flag try to explain to the rest of the world that it does not stand for
racism and hate. The people who are against the flag feel that it represents the oppression of
African Americans and the intolerance of outsiders into the state. There is no way to measure

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whether or not this flag is ethically wrong. Every person has a right to their freedom of speech,
whether people agree with it or not. I want to research what it means to both sides of the arguers
and why.
Before I explain each sides reasoning, I believe the best thing to do before talking about
a topic, is to research its history. This paper will first explain, in detail, the history of the
Confederate Battle Flag. This will include the time of its creation, the person who created it, the
important people who supported it in that prominent era, what was the flag for, and what it
represented at its original time.
Next, I will talk about the Confederate Battle Flags controversy. I will go into the details
of the past to compare and see if the flag was as prominently mentioned before as it is today.
Then I will finish the essay speaking about the Confederate Flags effect on the world today. I
will explain why people support, why people are against it, and why people are enraged about it
now.
Before we get into the reason why people support and do not support the flag, lets take a
look at the flags history. The Confederate battle flag was not the Confederate flag, it was
actually known as the Stars and Bars. The name belongs to the first national flag of the
Confederate States of America. The battle flags meaning ties with the Confederacys beliefs and
their views of slavery and states rights. The confederate soldiers despised the Stars and Bars
because it resembled the Stars and Stripes American flag too much. The Confederacy then
decided to make a new flag that better represented their independence from the rest of America.
The symbol created was the American battle flag in 1865.
The flag never stopped being the flag for Confederate soldiers, and today it serves as the
memorial for the Confederate soldier. Even after the Reconstruction in1877, the Confederate

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Battle flag remained prominent in the southern states. Many organizations were formed and
statues were built to pay respect to the fallen heroes of the Confederate States of America. The
Confederate Battle flag soon became a symbol of the protest against civil rights an in support of
Jim Crow segregation.

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Whats Next:
Finish the history
Talk about the controversies

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http://www.historynet.com/embattled-banner-the-convoluted-history-of-the-confederate-flag.htm