Valley Oak
10-26-2015, 11:19 AM
Ole Miss Removes Mississippi Flag With Confederate Emblem (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ole-miss-mississippi-flag_562e31bfe4b0ec0a3894f375)
The state flag has the Confederate battle emblem in the upper left corner.
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Posted: 10/26/2015 10:02 AM EDT | Edited: 3 hours ago
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi has stopped flying the state flag on its Oxford campus because the banner contains the Confederate battle emblem that some see as a painful reminder of slavery and segregation.
Interim Chancellor Morris Stocks ordered the flag lowered Monday morning.
The action came days after the student senate and other groups adopted a student-led resolution calling for removal of the banner from campus.
Since 1894, the Mississippi flag has had the Confederate battle emblem in the upper left corner — a blue X with 13 white stars, over a field of red. Residents chose to keep the flag during a 2001 statewide vote.
The public display of Confederate symbols has been widely debated since the June massacre of nine black worshippers at a church in South Carolina.
The state flag has the Confederate battle emblem in the upper left corner.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/resources/images/25ef35a28cc79a00624f2d8db5827b73-partner-ap.png
Posted: 10/26/2015 10:02 AM EDT | Edited: 3 hours ago
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi has stopped flying the state flag on its Oxford campus because the banner contains the Confederate battle emblem that some see as a painful reminder of slavery and segregation.
Interim Chancellor Morris Stocks ordered the flag lowered Monday morning.
The action came days after the student senate and other groups adopted a student-led resolution calling for removal of the banner from campus.
Since 1894, the Mississippi flag has had the Confederate battle emblem in the upper left corner — a blue X with 13 white stars, over a field of red. Residents chose to keep the flag during a 2001 statewide vote.
The public display of Confederate symbols has been widely debated since the June massacre of nine black worshippers at a church in South Carolina.