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Court won’t revive suit over Confederate-themed state flag

April 3, 2017 Online Editor 0

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court has blocked an African-American attorney’s effort to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the Mississippi state flag. He says he’ll take the case […]

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Top black lawmaker ‘sick’ of Mississippi rebel-themed flag

March 17, 2017 Online Editor 0

By EMILY WAGTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A leading black lawmaker in Mississippi says she is “sick” of the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag and it’s time for change. Rep. […]

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Mississippi House retreats from Confederate flag mandate

March 14, 2017 Online Editor 0

By SARAH SMITH Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi House has halted a push to require that universities fly the state’s Confederate-themed flag. Republican Rep. William Shirley of Quitman persuaded the House last […]

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‘Take It Down America’

June 16, 2016 Online Editor 0

Flag debate finds way to nation’s capital By Stephanie R. Jones Contributing Writer Before a group of Mississippians who want to see the state flag taken down took their cause to the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, […]

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Confederate emblem ‘anti-American,’ judge in Carlos Moore flag case says

April 18, 2016 Online Editor 0

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday that the Confederate emblem on the Mississippi flag is “anti-American” because it represents those who fought to leave the United States. But U.S. District Judge Carlton […]

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‘Bring it down!’

March 10, 2016 Online Editor 0

Moore, supporters seek removal of state flag By Shanderia K. Posey Editor Carlos Moore, a Grenada attorney who filed a federal lawsuit Feb. 29, against Gov. Phil Bryant to remove the Confederate emblem of the […]

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House Speaker Philip Gunn: Let Mississippi voters decide on Confederate emblem

February 23, 2016 Online Editor 0

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn, who became the first prominent Republican last summer to call for Mississippi to remove the Confederate battle emblem from its flag, said Monday that if the […]

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Mississippi flag backer accused of bombing Walmart over sales decision

November 3, 2015 Online Editor Comments Off on Mississippi flag backer accused of bombing Walmart over sales decision

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — A man who’s known for flying a 4-foot-long Mississippi state flag on his car has been accused of bombing a Walmart because the chain stopped selling the flag, the police chief […]

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