In the years before the vote, the state flag had gradually disappeared from public schools in Mississippi ... memories. A white teacher questioned whether Turner and other Black students would ...

After many years demanding the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the state flag, Black Mississippians received their wish when a bill doing that was signed into law last week.

“A lot of African-Americans and white people in Mississippi who believe ... JACKSON, Miss. — For years, many black residents have described the Mississippi state flag as a banner tied to bigotry.

Mississippi plans to fly a new state flag ... "Let's take this flag down," he says, "but let's also address all the other issues that we face in Mississippi." The poverty rate of Black ...

While signing the order, Magee added that the Mississippi state flag has served ... We had a Black high school that was closed and we had to go the all-white high school and trucks were riding ...

What should Mississippi ... state Legislature to do away with the flag in the wake of widespread racial justice protests following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. The Black ...

Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate ... A broad coalition of lawmakers — Black and white, Democrat and Republican — voted Sunday for change as the ...

The secretary of state’s office sells flags for $20 each ... He added: “The people of Mississippi, black and white, and young and old, can be proud of a banner that puts our faith front ...

What should Mississippi ... state Legislature to do away with the flag in the wake of widespread racial justice protests following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. The Black ...

Faith Hill Calls for Mississippi to Change State Flag, Says It's a ... We had a Black high school that was closed and we had to go the all-white high school and trucks were riding around the ...