Proposed effort could revive Mississippi's rebel-themed flag Some Mississippi residents are rebelling against the Legislature’s decision to retire a Confederate-themed state flagJACKSON, Miss. -- Some Mississippi residents are rebelling against the Legislature's decision to retire a Confederate-themed state flag, and they are being encouraged by conservative legislators who fought the change. One of them, Sen. Chris McDaniel, said Monday that people want multiple choices in a flag election. Even after 2001, the Confederate-themed flag remained divisive in a state with a 38% Black population. All eight of Mississippi’s public universities and a growing number of cities and counties stopped flying the state flag in recent years.

Source: ABC News August 17, 2020 18:59 UTC