Mississippi has a 38 per cent Black population — and the last state flag that incorporates the emblem that's widely seen as racist. Mississippi state senators embrace after the Senate voted to change the state flag on Sunday. A person walks around the Capitol carrying the current Mississippi state flag and the U.S. flag on Saturday. Many people who wanted to keep the emblem on the Mississippi flag said they see it as a symbol of heritage. Georgia put the battle emblem prominently on its state flag in 1956, during a backlash to the civil rights movement.

Source: CBC News June 28, 2020 23:48 UTC