Ole Miss Removes Mississippi Flag With Confederate Emblem

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Ole Miss Removes Mississippi Flag With Confederate Emblem

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSON, Miss. — Oct 26, 2015, 10:04 AM ET

The University of Mississippi has removed the state flag on its Oxford campus Monday morning because the banner contains the Confederate battle emblem, which some see as a painful reminder of slavery and segregation.

Interim Chancellor Morris Stocks ordered the flag lowered and said it was being sent to the university's archives.

The action came days after the student senate, the faculty senate and other groups adopted a student-led resolution calling for removal of the banner from campus.

"As Mississippi's flagship university, we have a deep love and respect for our state," Stocks said in a statement Monday. "Because the flag remains Mississippi's official banner, this was a hard decision. I understand the flag represents tradition and honor to some. But to others, the flag means that some members of the Ole Miss family are not welcomed or valued."

Since 1894, the Mississippi flag has had the Confederate battle emblem in the upper left corner — a blue X with 13 white stars, over a field of red. Residents chose to keep the flag during a 2001 statewide vote.

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1. My wife is looking at me like I'm crazy

I've literally been jumping up and down and laughing since I first saw this in my news feed.

I never, ever, ever thought I would see this day, and I'm so happy I have.

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2. The flag in question

Oy

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3. Congratulations!

Welcome to the 21st Century!

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4. I bet the Mississippi State people would disagree with his statement

That Ole Miss is the flagship university of the state.

But props to them for taking down that obscenity.