Birmingham
Civil RightsIndustry
Seal with anvil on white – "Bombingham," civil rights violence, redemption.
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Montgomery
Civil RightsCivil War
Seal on white – "Cradle of the Confederacy" and birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Little Rock
Civil Rights
Seal with bridge on white – Little Rock Nine 1957, forced school desegregation.
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Washington
Civil Rights
Three red stars, two red bars – the arms of George Washington, a federal capital without a state.
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Atlanta
Civil RightsEconomy
On Atlanta's flag, the phoenix rises from the flames — symbol of a city destroyed, rebuilt, and propelled to the rank of global metropolis.
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Baltimore
Maritime PortIndustryCivil Rights
Calvert and Crossland – British cannonballs, "The Wire," the rebirth of the harbor.
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Minneapolis
EconomyCivil Rights
A blue pennant on a white field with a circle – education, labor, lakes, progress.
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Jackson
Civil RightsMusic
A seal on white – "City with Soul," the water crisis, capital of the blues and of civil rights.
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Helena
EconomyCivil Rights
A state capital born of the gold rush, between the mountains and the Continental Divide.
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Philadelphia
Colonial HistoryCivil RightsArchitecture
Cradle of the United States, Philadelphia blends revolutionary history, urban diversity and raw energy in a blue-and-yellow flag that tells the story of a proud and complex city.
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Richmond
Civil WarCivil Rights
A seal with an equestrian statue on white – Confederate capital, the controversial Monument Avenue.
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Tulsa
Indigenous CultureCivil RightsIndustryEconomy
An Osage shield on a navy field – Tulsa, the oil capital that buried Black Wall Street.
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Dallas
IndustryEconomyCivil Rights
A blue field, a golden coat of arms – Dallas, the city of oil, the Cowboys, and the trauma of 1963.
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