JACKSON, Miss. (AP)— Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson says he loves his native Mississippi, but he believes it’s long past time for state elected officials to remove a Confederate battle emblem from the state flag. […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Another public university in Mississippi is ending the display of the state flag on campus because it contains a Confederate battle emblem many see as divisive. University of Southern Mississippi President Rodney […]
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi quietly removed the state flag from its place of honor on Monday, heeding the calls of those who say the banner’s Confederate battle emblem is harming the […]
(AP) Now that South Carolina has removed a Confederate battle flag from its statehouse lawn, the next big struggle over Old South symbols is shaping up in Mississippi, where the rebel X has fluttered over […]
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi’s only black congressman is stepping up his effort to remove all images of the Confederate battle flag from the U.S. House chamber and House […]
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