What role did confederate imagery play in white responses to the civil rights movement?

During the civil rights movement, the confederate flag was used by KKK, which was a white supremist group who lynched blacks. Confederate flags and imagery also accompanied a widespread Southern campaign of "massive resistance" to federal desegregation orders. The X of the Confederate battle flag began appearing on redesigned Southern state banners, and southern whites waved the Dixie standard at anti-integration protests. The confederate flag is not only a symbol of the institution of slavery, but it also stood for the Jim Crow laws that southerners used to keep segregation even after slavery officially ended. Any pictures of protests from the Civil Rights movement show the imagery of the confederate flag clearly invoked by the side fighting to keep segregation, including the Ku Klux Klan. Hate groups such as the KKK have taken the Confederate Battle Flag and used it as part of their symbols and platform show white domination and Southern pride. Just recently, there have been battles on whether or not the confederate flag should be used in representing our country. Many white Americans feel that it represents history and the confederate veterans feel offended by the banning of the confederate flag, whereas many African Americans as well as some whites feel that this flag still represents slavery, racism, and oppression to integration. In my opinion, it all depends on how one uses it. There are some people who try to use the flag as a symbol of racism and you can normally look at these kind and tell. However, this flag is very sentimental to many veterans who fought in the Civil War and represents a big part of their history and accomplishments.