Charlie Mitchell: ‘Keep the flag’ sentiment rests on shaky foundations
People opposed to changing Mississippi’s flag are standing on at least five false premises.
Charlie Mitchell: Senate election may double as flag referendum
Next year’s U.S. Senate election in Mississippi may double as a referendum on the state flag.
Historians: Confederate emblem ‘symbol of racial terror’
Historians in Mississippi say the Confederate battle emblem is a “symbol of racial terror” that needs to be stripped from the state flag.
Confederate symbols protested, discussed as lawmakers meet
The Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag is prompting public protests and private discussions about race relations at a Southern legislative meeting.
Miss. man takes Confederate flag fight to Supreme Court
A black Mississippi citizen is taking his case against the state’s Confederate-themed flag to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Court won’t revive suit over Confederate-themed state flag
A federal appeals court has blocked an African-American attorney’s effort to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the Mississippi state flag. He says he’ll take the case to the Supreme Court.
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.
Bill: Make schools fly Mississippi’s Confederate-themed flag
A bill advancing in the Mississippi House of Representatives would require all K-12 schools to fly the state flag or lose their state accreditation.
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.
Analysis: State flag already slowly dying
This is an alternate ending to the endless low-boiling dispute over Mississippi’s state flag — people and institutions walk away from the current flag, one by one.
Last university furls Miss.’s Confederate-themed flag
The last of Mississippi’s eight public universities has stopped displaying the state flag that prominently features the Confederate battle emblem.
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.
Vanished flag from famous 9/11 photo returns to ground zero
An American flag raised at ground zero on Sept. 11 in a defining moment of patriotic resolve took its place at the site Thursday after disappearing for over a decade.