The head of Jackson County's NAACP wants Mississippi to adopt a new flag. And Curley Clark says he'll ask for the national NAACP's support to change the current Mississippi flag.
On Saturday, Clark will be in Philadelphia at the NAACP National Convention. During that meeting, he'll request the NAACP's assistance to work with Mississippi lawmakers on a plan to remove the confederate battle symbol from the state flag. “It is time to have the divisive Confederate symbol re-moved from our state flag and replaced with a symbol that all Mississippians can embrace”, Clark said.
Mississippi's two U.S. Senators have both said in recent weeks they believe it's time for Mississippi to approve a new flag.
One person who's against that idea is Rep. Steven Palazzo. On his Facebook page, Palazzo posted this comment Friday, "They've tried to take our guns. They've tried to take our flag. They're trying to take our freedom. We will not let them. We will fight. And we will win."
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Doris Roberts won five Emmy Awards for best supporting actress. (Source: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Emmy-award-winning actress Doris Roberts often portrayed a mother or mother-in-law on the big and small screen in a career that began in the early 1950s.
Emmy-award-winning actress Doris Roberts often portrayed a mother or mother-in-law on the big and small screen in a career that began in the early 1950s.
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From a car wash in Queens to a hockey arena in Buffalo, both parties' presidential candidates spread out across New York Monday in a final quest for votes, a surreal scene for a state that hasn't...
From a car wash in Queens to a hockey arena in Buffalo, both parties' presidential candidates spread out across New York Monday in a final quest for votes, a surreal scene for a state that hasn't experienced...More >>
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Government statistics show 8 of every 10 immigrant children arriving in the country alone are released to adults who are in the United States illegally.
Government statistics show 8 of every 10 immigrant children arriving in the country alone are released to adults who are in the United States illegally.More >>
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As more than a foot of rain deluged the nation's fourth-largest city, inundating homes, shutting down major highways and leaving at least four people dead, Houston's mayor said there was no immediate solution.
As more than a foot of rain deluged the nation's fourth-largest city, inundating homes, shutting down major highways and leaving at least four people dead, Houston's mayor said there was no immediate solution.More >>
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter has arrived in Baghdad to talk to Iraqi leaders about the next steps to beef up the Iraqi forces working to retake the northern city of Mosul.
The U.S. has agreed to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq and to send eight Apache helicopters for the first time into the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq, the first major increase in U.S. forces...More >>
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Thousands of rescue workers searched a debris-strewn village in southern Japan for about a half-dozen missing people Sunday, as the Japanese government said U.S. military aircraft would join the relief mission for...
Searchers digging in a mountainous area of southern Japan where twin earthquakes triggered landslides found another body Tuesday, raising the likely death toll to 45.More >>
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With the top American marathoners resting for the Rio Olympics, Neely Spence Gracey could be the best U.S. hope for a podium finish in Boston on Monday.More >>
The Ethiopians ran past the Kenyans on their way to the Boston Marathon finish line Monday and nearly swept them off the victory podium.More >>
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It was supposed to be a family reunion to celebrate a young relative's start of college. But the gathering ended in tragedy when a collapsing building crushed 17-year-old Sayira Quinde, her mother, father and...
Rescuers pulled three people out alive Monday after they had been trapped for more than 32 hours in the rubble of a shopping center that was flattened by this weekend's powerful earthquake on Ecuador's coast.More >>
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A University of California, Berkeley student who came to the U.S. as an Iraqi refugee says he was unfairly removed from a flight at Los Angeles International Airport earlier this month because a fellow passenger...
A college student and Iraqi refugee yanked from a Southwest Airlines flight after mentioning a terrorist group's name during a phone conversation in Arabic said Monday he was degraded and humiliated and wants a public...More >>
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Leaders in West Columbia are making efforts to assure residents about the status of their water system. Not too long ago, the Department of Health and Environmental Control called the water system “unsatisfactory.” In their report, regulators said the city’s water plant on Lake Murray did not have the space to create enough chlorine to treat drinking water if it had to operate at maximum capacity. However, Mayor Bobby Horton said the city does have enough chlorine....More >>
Leaders in West Columbia are making efforts to assure residents about the status of their water system. Not too long ago, the Department of Health and Environmental Control called the water system “unsatisfactory.” In their report, regulators said the city’s water plant on Lake Murray did not have the space to create enough chlorine to treat drinking water if it had to operate at maximum capacity. However, Mayor Bobby Horton said the city does have enough chlorine....More >>
