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 ...

According to the legislation, the current flag design cannot be an option. "I would guess a lot of you don't even see that flag in the corner right there," said Mississippi state Representative Ed ...

The House convened to vote on a bill that would remove the current flag of Mississippi, which has the Confederate battle emblem, and begin the process of selecting a new flag. The Mississippi ...

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 voters will choose whether or not to embrace the new flag, which features a magnolia blossom surrounded by stars and the phrase "In God We Trust," on Election Day on Nov. 3.

John C. Stennis — being the most popular choice thus far. Current flag isn't the state's first Mississippi's current flag was not its first. Before it was raised in 1894, a flag bearing a ...

There have been many calls in the past and present to change the state flag, but the symbol has remained in Mississippi. Mississippi voters overwhelmingly voted to keep the current flag when the ...

A Mississippi commission on Wednesday will select the proposed design to replace the state’s current flag that the legislature voted to retire earlier this summer because of its inclusion of the ...

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 ...

As the descendant of several brave Americans who fought for the Confederacy, I have not viewed Mississippi’s current state flag as offensive. However, it is clearer and clearer to me that many ...

The current state flag did not fly over Mississippi during the Civil War but was a product of Reconstruction Era efforts to turn back the clock on the state’s at that point meager racial ...