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's State Flag In Atlanta today, Martin Luther King Jr.'s family is marking the King holiday with a new push to change Georgia's state flag.

(Atlas Flag Inc. employee Annie Kemp assembles a prototype of a new proposed Georgia state flag, Friday morning April 11, 2003, in Tucker, Ga.AP/Barry Williams) On January 19, President-elect ...