calling for the immediate removal of the Mississippi state flag. In a resounding a voice, they said any discussion of what design should replace the current flag must not impede the current goal ...

Mississippi plans to fly a new state flag — a flag without the Confederate battle emblem in the corner. The state House and Senate voted Sunday to retire the current flag, and Mississippi ...

Mississippi's flag was the last flag in ... as a replacement The flag has been pushed as a replacement for the current state flag in the past. Several bills have been introduced in the Legislature ...

JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi lawmakers voted to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag this weekend after fierce debate that Gov. Tate Reeves called "as divisive as the flag ...

Hill, who grew up in Mississippi, wrote that the current flag is “a direct symbol of terror” for Black residents. Although the legislature has come a long way by securing the necessary House ...

Mississippians voted nearly two-to-one in 2001 to keep the current design. Earlier: Tensions flare at Mississippi Capitol as lawmakers enter heated debate over changing flag Ole Miss basketball ...

Mississippi has made it official ... On the Georgia Secretary of State’s site, the current flag is described as being “based on the first national flag of the Confederacy.” ...

Defenders of Mississippi's state flag have long resisted ... The bill proposes that the current flag be immediately removed and a commission be set up to design a new flag that cannot include ...

The compromise flag, which is still Georgia’s current state flag ... Georgia will have to follow in the footsteps of Mississippi. Historians’ perspectives on how the past informs the present ...

The deadline to file bills in the Mississippi Legislature passed a long time ago ... “The bill that we filed in January would replace the current flag with what is commonly known as the Stennis flag,” ...

Change takes time, Annison said. “The state of Mississippi’s current flag has been in place since 1894. Speaker Gunn understands time and work are needed to help properly address the best ...

As college professors, we have watched events of the past few days in Charlottesville and around the country while preparing for a new semester. We know that students in our classes will bring ...