Posts tagged Mississippi state flag

Confederate battle flag comes down in Mississippi; Myrlie Evers weeps. ‘Medgar’s wings must be clapping.’

Myrlie Evers began to weep when she heard the Mississippi Legislature vote to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag.

News, Civil RIghts, Mississippi NewsKatherine MitchellJune 28, 2020Mississippi Center for Investigative ReportingMyrlie Evers, Medgar Evers, Civil Rights, Mississippi Flag, Mississippi legislature, confederate flag, Mississippi House, Mississippi Senate, Tate Reeves, In God We Trust, Mississippi state flag

Ole Miss reaches crossroads in racial justice

The tipping point to a decades-long debate at Ole Miss came 900 miles from the north with the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the hands of a police officer.