Voters chose to replace the 126-year-old design with the state flower. It may be just a magnolia, but for many Mississippians, it is a symbol of a long-awaited reckoning with their state's history. On ...

JACKSON, Miss. -- Spectators at the Mississippi Capitol broke into applause Saturday as lawmakers took the first steps toward erasing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, a symbol that ...

Voters in Mississippi gave approval to a new state flag that bears the image of a magnolia flower rather than a Confederate battle emblem. Sixty-eight percent of Mississippi voters approved of the new ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The next Mississippi state flag could have a magnolia instead of the Confederate battle emblem. It’s been nearly two months since legislators acted under pressure to retire the ...

In the last three weeks, thousands have flooded the streets in epochal protests prompted by the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless other Black people at the hands of ...

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey threatened to not host any future conference championship events in Mississippi until the state changes its flag. Mississippi is the only state that still has the ...