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Mississippi flag: Magnolia could replace old rebel symbol

by Associated Press
| September 2, 2020 10:03 AM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — 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’s widely seen as racist.

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