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August 17, 2015

CL ad to remove state flag features letter signed by notable Mississippians

Notable Mississippians join chorus to change state flag In a letter appearing in a full-page ad in today’s Clarion-Ledger, author John Grisham, actor Morgan Freeman, legendary quarterback Archie Manning, “The Help” author Kathryn Stockett and others are calling for removal of the Confederate emblem from Mississippi’s state flag. With other states removing their Confederate battle…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 17, 2015

AP: Jeppie Barbour leading ‘Keep the Flag. Change the Speaker.” sign effort

Analysis: Mississippi flag a potent election-year issue Five days after the Charleston attack, Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn called for removal of the Confederate emblem that has been on the state flag since 1894. Republican Gunn, a leader in his local Baptist church, cited his faith and said: “I believe our state’s flag has become…