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Mississippi on Tuesday voted to replace its state flag, which had been the last one in the U.S. to include an image of the Confederate-themed battle flag. The new state flag will feature the ...
As national debate swirls around the Confederate flag, Las Vegas business owners say products with its emblem are suddenly hot sellers. One step into the Toy Shack on Fremont Street, and it’s ...
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday signed the historic bill that takes the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem out of law.
JACKSON, Miss. — With a stroke of the governor’s pen, Mississippi is retiring the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem — a symbol that’s widely condemned as ...
Mississippi will fly a new state flag with a magnolia and the phrase “In God We Trust,” with voters approving the design Tuesday. It replaces a Confederate-themed flag state lawmakers retired ...
eBay said in a statement today that it will ban Confederate flag-themed items, immediately, following in the footsteps of Walmart, Sears and K-Mart. “We have decided to prohibit Confederate ...
Major U.S. retailers say they’re done selling the Confederate flag—but Dewey Barber is just getting started. Barber, 67, owner of a Georgia-based company that peddles “Southern heritage” T ...
This story is part of The Confederate Reckoning, a collaborative project of USA TODAY Network newsrooms across the South to critically examine the legacy of the Confederacy and its influence on ...
The Mississippi Legislature could vote this weekend to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag.
Shah Khokker, 21, said he likes the marker’s historic significance but thinks the Confederate flag should no longer be publicly flown. “Who won the war? The U.S. won the war,” Khokker said.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — With a stroke of the governor’s pen, Mississippi is retiring the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem — a symbol that’s widel… ...