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October 20, 2015

Univ. of Mississippi to Vote on Removing State Flag with Confederate Symbol 
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The student government at the University of Mississippi will vote today
on whether to seek removal of the Mississippi state flag from campus
grounds. The flag features the Confederate battle symbol in its upper
left corner, making it the only state flag in the country that continues
to use the Confederate battle flag in its design. It's the latest public
Confederate symbol to face possible removal since a white supremacist
who embraced the flag killed nine African-American worshipers in
Charleston, South Carolina, four months ago. Meanwhile, commissioners in
Greene County, Tennessee, have voted against a proposal to fly the
Confederate flag over their courthouse for the first time. Greene County
never flew the Confederate flag during the Civil War because of its
close ties with the Union. We'll have more with students at the
University of Mississippi seeking to take down the state flag later in
the broadcast.

 

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