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August 21, 2017

PENDER: #msflag has never done its job

GEOFF PENDER: Mississippi’s flag has never done its job The purpose of a flag is to serve as a symbol of a united group of people, whether it’s a national flag, state flag or the banner for a garden club. In that context, the current Mississippi state flag, with its unrepentant Confederate battle emblem blazing…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 21, 2017

Charles Evers in CL: African-Americans may place too much political allegiance to the Democratic Party

Black political influence in Mississippi has slowed despite increase in elected officials While other states, with smaller African-American populations, have elected statewide leaders, the glass ceiling in Mississippi has remained not only impervious but unreachable. Mississippi, which has more African-Americans per capita and more black elected officials than any other state in the nation, has…