The correct answer is D, as Legislators adopted a flag that had many Confederate symbols, just in middle the Civil Rights Movement.
The state flag used from 1956 to 2001 featured a Confederate battle pavilion, which some inhabitants found offensive, due to the memory of the Confederate States of America and its current use as a symbol of various white supremacist groups. African Americans, in particular, considered it offensive, since the emblem was initially approved not during the American Civil War, but in 1956, during the height of the fight against segregation during the Civil Rights Movement.
As already indicated in the 21st century, the defenders of the 1956 flag claimed that the pavilion was designed to commemorate the impending centennial of the American Civil War, which would take place in five years. Critics, including Georgia Congressman John Lewis, said it was only adopted as a symbol of racist protest, especially against the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. A federal appeals court ruled in 1997 that the 1956 resolution to change the flag was part of a broader legislative package that the Georgia General Assembly held that year, which included measures such as rejecting the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, and that followed the announcement by then Governor Marvin Griffin, that "the rest of the nation is looking to Georgia to lead the segregation."