Top black lawmaker ‘sick’ of Miss. rebel-themed flag
A leading black lawmaker in Mississippi says she is “sick” of the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag and it’s time for change.
Surrender? Mississippi flag pusher waves plain white banner
A Mississippi lawmaker who has been trying to force universities to fly the Confederate-themed state flag is sending his own silent signal to colleagues.
Miss. House retreats from Confederate flag mandate
The Mississippi House on Monday halted a push to require that universities fly the state’s Confederate-themed flag.
Miss. Confederate flag fight moves to new battlefield
A long-running feud over the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag is moving onto a new legal battlefield.
No penalty for furling Confederate-themed Miss. flag
The Mississippi House has rejected an effort to punish universities for not flying the state flag that prominently features the Confederate battle emblem.
Confederate emblem has staying power on Mississippi flag
The Confederate battle emblem still waves on the Mississippi flag and appears in little danger of being erased anytime soon.
Miss. lawyers: Don’t revive lawsuit over Confederate emblem
Attorneys for Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant have asked a federal appeals court not to revive a lawsuit that sought to erase the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag.
S.C. restaurant owner opposed in bid to lower Confederate flag
Tommy Daras had planned on a small ceremony Wednesday to remove the Confederate flag flying from the edge of the parking lot at his South Carolina restaurant. Then he encountered a hitch.
Petitions fail to strip Confederate emblem from Mississippi flag
An effort to erase the Confederate battle emblem from Mississippi’s flag has failed because sponsors didn’t collect enough signatures to put an initiative on the 2018 ballot.
Attorney: Suit against Confederate emblem not a lost cause
An attorney says he’s not surrendering his legal battle to erase the Confederate battle emblem from the Mississippi flag.
Judge jabs Confederate emblem as he dismisses flag lawsuit
A federal judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to have the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag declared an unconstitutional relic of slavery.
Southern Baptists oppose Confederate flag, talk racial unity
The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday urged Christians to stop displaying the Confederate battle flag, recognizing that it is perceived by many as a “symbol of hatred, bigotry and racism” that offends millions of people.
Republicans defend display of Confederate imagery in Capitol
House Republican leaders have blocked a Democratic congressman from Mississippi from offering legislation to ban Confederate imagery from the House side of the Capitol complex.
Capitol Hill Buzz: House Republicans solve flag fight with coins
House Republicans sidestepped the divisive fight over displays of the Confederate battle flag at the U.S. Capitol with plans to put up state coins instead.
Slimantics: Good intentions, empty words
At noon Wednesday, a half hour into a student sit-in on the front steps of Lee Hall, a small group of reporters were led through a side entrance and up to the fourth floor of the beautifully-renovated old building where the office of Mississippi State University President Dr. Mark Keenum is located.
Removal of Confederate symbols turns nasty in New Orleans
Backlash against a plan to remove prominent Confederate monuments in New Orleans has been tinged by death threats, intimidation and even what may have been the torching of a contractor’s Lamborghini.
Alabama bill would stop removal of Confederate, historic markers
Confederate monuments first erected after the Civil War to honor Southern soldiers have increasingly been targeted by civil rights activists who say they are offensive to blacks and should be taken down.
NAACP seeks removal of Miss. flag in 2 counties
The NAACP is asking two more Mississippi counties to stop flying the state flag because it contains the Confederate battle emblem, but the request is meeting resistance from the Sons of Confederate Veterans and some local residents who say it represents history.
Rally calls for keeping Confederate emblem on state flag
Removing the Confederate battle emblem from the Mississippi state flag would be akin to communists rewriting history, a former leader of a Southern heritage group said Tuesday during a keep-the-flag rally.
MUW students, guests discuss state flag
Around 100 people, many of them college students, gathered in the Pope Banquet Hall on Mississippi University for Women’s campus Monday night for a forum on the state flag.