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Ole Miss leader sorry for handling of Confederate statue

by Associated Press
| July 17, 2020 1:27 PM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi chancellor apologized Friday for how he handled the relocation of a Confederate monument that has been a divisive symbol on the Oxford campus, including plans that critics said could create a shrine to Old South.

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