Mississippi city judge displays flag without rebel symbol

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Updated 7:21 pm CDT, Thursday, October 25, 2018

CLARKSDALE, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge says his courtroom now displays a proposed new state flag designed by an artist rather than the 124-year-old Mississippi banner that includes the Confederate battle emblem.

Clarksdale Municipal Judge Carlos Moore ordered the state flag removed from the courtroom on his first day there in 2017. He says on Tuesday, he started displaying a flag designed by Jackson artist Laurin Stennis , granddaughter of the late U.S. Sen. John C. Stennis.

Moore tells WREG-TV that Stennis is trying to unite people and recognizes her grandfather was wrong to support segregation. Her design has red bars on the left and right. A white center section has 20 blue stars.

A federal judge in 2016 rejected Moore's lawsuit that sought to declare the Mississippi flag an unconstitutional relic of slavery.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Mississippi-city-judge-displays-flag-without-13336367.php

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U.S.S. John Stennis



Young Stennis



Older Stennis



NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center
in Hancock County, Miss.



Previous state flag



Laurin Stennis, new flag.

[Progressive Jones]

1. I'm an Great Lakes region yankee that believes a newer, better South is on its' way.

The Southern US is a beautiful, fantastic place, but it has its' pockets of crazies that don't embrace forward movement and social evolution. This has been exploited by the GOP. If we end the gerrymandering process, the GOP would be decimated.

[SunSeeker]

2. K & R

[sakabatou]

3. I like that new design