Mississippi state flag is lowered from the state Capitol Building during a ceremony in Jackson, ... More Mississippi, the United States, on July 1, 2020.

The Mississippi state flag that features a Confederate battle emblem is coming down after state lawmakers took a vote. Voters will decide on a new Mississippi state flag design in November.

The state flag of Mississippi flies at the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Mississippi, on Friday, April 26, 2019. Rogelio V. Solis / AP ...

Mississippi’s flag has included the Confederate emblem – a blue cross with 13 stars over a red background – since 1894. Critics of the state flag say it’s racist, while others believe it ...

Mississippi on Tuesday voted to replace its state flag, which had been the last one in the U.S. to include an image of the Confederate themed battle flag.

A person waves a small Mississippi state flag while driving past the Governor's Mansion in Jackson in April 2020. Rogelio V. Solis / AP ...

Legislators adopted Mississippi's state flag and its the Confederate battle emblem in 1894, nearly three decades after the end of the Civil War. Mississippians voted nearly two-to-one in 2001 to ...

The Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag voted 8 to 1 for “The New Magnolia" flag over another design, the "Great River" flag, according to the Associated Press.

But in deciding a lawsuit by the Mississippi NAACP and other plaintiffs, the court ruled last May that state lawmakers, probably inadvertently, had failed to readopt the flag when they overhauled ...

A municipal judge in Clarksdale took down the Mississippi state flag in his courtroom and put up the Stennis flag instead, outlets reported in 2018. Contact Giacomo "Jack" Bologna at 601-961-7282 ...

Mississippi voters will decide whether to accept a new state flag with a magnolia to replace an old one legislators retired under pressure because it included the Confederate battle emblem that ...