Karl Marx: Becoming a Socialist. In our previous lecture, we learned how Karl Marx's ideas are studied and used by philosophers, historians, economists, sociologists and political scientists.
What most people call the rebel flag or Confederate Flag is actually the Army of Tennessee Battle Flag. It was ordered by Gen. Johnston in late 1863 or 1864 to be used army-wide to replace various other battle flags that different CSA army regiments to avoid confusion on the battlefield.
The Confederate flag became a symbol of protest against civil rights and in support of Jim Crow segregation. It also became the object of a high-profile, youth-driven nationwide phenomenon that the media dubbed the âflag fad.â Many pundits suspected that underlying the fad was a lingering âDixiecratâ sentiment.