Mississippi changing its flag isn’t the end of Confederate ... - CNN
WEBJul 1, 2020 · Mississippi has made it official: The state’s flag, which bears the familiar cross of the Confederate battle flag, will officially be changed. The state’s Republican governor signed the...
Flag of Mississippi - Wikipedia
WEBThe second flag, designed by Edward N. Scudder and adopted in 1894, consisted of a triband of three equal horizontal stripes of blue, white, and red, with a canton of the Confederate battle flag.
The 126-year fight to change Mississippi’s Confederate flag
WEBNov 18, 2020 · For 126 years, Mississippi’s state flag prominently featured the Confederate battle emblem in its design. That emblem is the most enduring and recognizable symbol of the American Civil War, a...
The Confederate Flag Finally Falls in Mississippi
WEBJul 1, 2020 · W. Ralph Eubanks on how Black Lives Matter protesters finally won the battle to change the Mississippi state flag, which, since 1894, had included the Confederate stars and bars.
Why Mississippi voted to change its flag after decades of debate - NBC News
WEBJun 30, 2020 · Mississippi was the last state in the country to fly a flag with a Confederate symbol. Campaigns for a new flag have circulated for several years, including one for The Hospitality Flag ...
Mississippi Voters Approve New Design to Replace Confederate-Themed ...
WEBNov 4, 2020 · After 126 years of flying a Confederate-themed banner, Mississippi is set to adopt a new state symbol. On Tuesday, 68 percent of voters in a statewide referendum approved the “New Magnolia ...
Mississippi's Confederate flag is gone — but a legacy of white ...
WEBJul 1, 2020 · Since the 1890s, the Confederate-emblazoned flag has been a fitting symbol for white Mississippians’ intransigence toward perceived federal interference into their way of life.
For Black students, Mississippi's new state flag means end of a ...
WEBNov 7, 2020 · Mississippi voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to replace the state flag’s Confederate imagery with one featuring the state’s official flower, a magnolia, and the phrase “In God We Trust ...
New Mississippi flag welcomed as step in reconciling state's ...
WEBNov 18, 2020 · Mississippi voters overwhelmingly chose to change its flag to remove the Confederate symbol, which some say will help reconcile the state's controversial history.
As Symbols of the Confederacy Fall, Activists Say Mississippi’s Flag …
WEBJun 21, 2020 · In the long, passionate debate across the South over rooting out Confederate symbols, Mississippi’s flag remains one of the most conspicuous holdouts — with the battle flag of the Confederacy...
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