Black Flag may refer to:

• Black Flag (insecticide), a brand of insecticide made by the Fountainhead Group
• Black Flag (band), a hardcore punk band
• Czarny Sztandar (1903), a Białystok anarchist organisation
• Chernoe Znamja (1905), a Geneva anarchist newspaper
• Black Flag (newspaper), an anarchist newspaper
• Black Flag Army, a bandit unit operating around Hanoi in the late 19th century

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• The Black Flag was flown by certain irregular Confederate Army units in the American Civil War of 1861-1865 to symbolize that they would neither give, nor accept quarter; symbolizing the opposite of the white flag of surrender.

The black flag is the traditional anarchist symbol

• The Anarchist black flag has been an anarchist symbol since the 1880s. Anarchists use either a plain black flag or a black flag with an "A" and an "O" around it, this symbol is a reference to a Proudhon quote, meaning anarchy is the mother of order .
• Black flags are often associated with funerals in the West, particularly state funerals and public mourning.
• A black flag was used by Muhammad to represent his religion.[1] It has also been stated that it will be the flag of the army that will fight the Dajjal.^{[citation needed]}
• Black Flag is another name for the Jolly Roger, a skull and crossbones on a black background, and is associated with pirates.
• The black flag is an Irish Republican symbol dating from the time of the hunger strikes.
• The black flag is a racing flag used to summon a driver to the pits.
• In yacht racing when the black flag is displayed, you may not pass the startline before the starting signal.
• Afghanistan flew a solid black flag from 1880-1901 (see Flag of Afghanistan)
• Upon the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War II German U-boats were ordered to fly a black flag and sail to an Allied port and surrender.[2]
• The black flag is the symbol of the Jewish ultra-Orthodox, anti-Zionist group, Neturei Karta. It is flown as a sign of mourning over the creation of the State of Israel, most commonly on Israeli Independence Day.

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See also

• Red flag
• Orange flag (Orange Revolution)
• Yellow flag
• Green flag
• Blue flag (Blue Revolution)
• Bonnie Blue Flag
• Lilac flag
• Purple flag (Purple Revolution; Bisexual pride flag)
• Violet flag
• Pink flag (Pink Revolution)
• White flag
• Anarchist symbolism

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