Poll: Support lacking to change state flag through statewide vote
By: BOBBY HARRISON / Daily Journal Changing Mississippi’s controversial state flag through a statewide vote is not likely at this time, a recent poll indicates. The poll, conducted by Mississippi-based...
View ArticleAnother Mississippi city furls Confederate-themed state flag
Another Mississippi city will stop flying the state flag because it includes the Confederate battle emblem that critics see as racist. Aldermen in Cleveland voted 3-2 Tuesday to remove the flag from...
View ArticleJustices reject appeal over Mississippi Confederate emblem
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from an African-American attorney who called the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag “an official endorsement of white supremacy.” The...
View ArticleHard history: Mississippi museums explore slavery, Klan era
In the 1950s and ’60s, segregationist whites waved Confederate flags and slapped defiant bumper stickers on cars declaring Mississippi “the most lied about state in the Union.” Those were ways of...
View ArticleConfederate-themed flag rises again in 1 Mississippi city
Officials in one Mississippi city have voted to once again fly the Confederate-themed state flag, weeks after the mayor quietly furled it. Pontotoc Mayor Bob Peeples recently told aldermen that he...
View ArticlePHIL HARDWICK — Do you care about your followers?
Ask members of a group to name the characteristics of a good leader, and don’t be surprised when the usual descriptions come up: visionary, listener, communicator, ethical, trustworthy, etc. I’ve been...
View ArticleReport: 110 Confederate monuments removed in US since 2015
It took generations to erect all the nation’s Confederate monuments, and a new report shows they’re being removed at a pace of about three each month. The study — released Monday by the Southern...
View ArticleJudge dismisses suit over Mississippi city flying state flag
A federal judge is dismissing a lawsuit that sought to block a Mississippi Gulf Coast city from flying the state flag that features the Confederate battle emblem. U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr....
View ArticleMississippi city judge displays flag without rebel symbol
A Mississippi judge says his courtroom now displays a proposed new state flag designed by an artist rather than the 124-year-old Mississippi banner that includes the Confederate battle emblem....
View ArticleMATTHEW McLAUGHLIN — The time is now when it comes to Mississippi’s state flag
Symbols are extremely important in our culture and society as they serve as a connection to something greater than our immediate daily lives. Symbols can represent a collective ideology or a set of...
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