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Court asks governor to defend Confederate emblem on state flag
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Wed,08/30/17-5:13PM , 134 Reads
JACKSON — The U.S. Supreme Court is asking attorneys for Mississippi’s governor to file arguments defending the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag.

The court on Tuesday set a Sept. 28 deadline for the filing.
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Professors denounce Confederate emblem
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Wed,08/23/17-5:13PM , 166 Reads
JACKSON — Historians in Mississippi say the Confederate battle emblem is a “symbol of racial terror” that needs to be stripped from the state flag.
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Symbols don’t need vote
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,08/21/17-5:41PM , 215 Reads
JACKSON — Defenders of the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag have a ready-made argument that was handed to them nearly a generation ago by lawmakers who didn’t want to deal with the politically volatile issue of redesigning the banner.
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Mississippi holds on to state flag with Confederate symbol
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,08/17/17-4:27PM , 120 Reads
JACKSON — White supremacists waved the Confederate battle flag amid weekend violence in Virginia, prompting critics to say Mississippi should remove the symbol from its state banner.

Critics said the same thing two years ago after an avowed white supremacist killed black worshippers in South Carolina, and nothing changed.
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