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Lobbying grows against Mississippi's rebel-themed flag

by Associated Press
| June 27, 2020 12:03 AM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — University coaches and Christian ministers filled the Mississippi Capitol on Thursday, urging legislators to seize the moment and remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag while Americans are reckoning with difficult discussions about race and history.

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