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Two white-haired generals in uniform hoisting a Confederate flag remain memorialized in the dome overlooking the Mississippi Capitol rotunda.

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Confederate Painting in Mississippi Capitol Must Go, Senator Says

by Heather Harrison February 9, 2024June 11, 2024

A painting of two generals raising a Confederate flag remains memorialized in the Mississippi Capitol rotunda’s dome. A senator wants it removed.

a photo of a man outside the U.S. Supreme Court holding a "We Demand the Vote" sign

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Mississippi Voters Ask Supreme Court to Hear Case On 1890 Jim Crow Law

by Ashton Pittman October 31, 2022June 12, 2024

a photo of a Black man in a judge's dress wearing glasses and holding his hand up at a podium

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‘A Wrong Never Righted’: Court Upholds Mississippi’s 1890 Jim Crow Voting Law

by Ashton Pittman August 24, 2022June 12, 2024

Old Moss House (Ruins), Clinton, Hinds County, MS Enlarge

Clinton Massacre of 1875: Four Days of Violence Ushered in ‘Mississippi Plan’ to Halt Black Vote

by Jerri Bell August 4, 2021June 12, 2024

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Two Mississippi Reps Vote To Keep White Supremacist Statues In U.S. Capitol

by Ashton Pittman June 29, 2021June 12, 2024

Stephen D. Lee Confederate Statue at Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Starkville Vow to ‘Stand Up’ to Racism, But Historic Reckoning Still Ahead

by Donna Ladd and John McGee July 27, 2020June 12, 2024