Despite death threats, Tiffon Moore is pushing to move the Confederate statue in front of the Neshoba County Courthouse. Her cousin Malek and her mother Tiffany, all descended from slaves, are helping.
University of Mississippi alumnus and long-time donor Jim Barksdale reached out to the Mississippi Free Press Friday, July 10, to clarify his involvement in fundraising efforts for the Confederate monument relocation and controversial cemetery-enhancement vision one critic called a “CSA statuary.”
A trail of documents and emails shows how a plan to relocate the University of Mississippi’s rebel-soldier statue turned into an enhanced Confederate cemetery some call a “shrine.” But it didn’t happen overnight. The MFP’s investigation unpacks several years of machinations and strategy and lifts the curtain on how it happened.
Growing up, I had heard about Mississippi. I saw the Confederate battle emblem displayed above and inside the government buildings on arrival.
In Mississippi, there were a host of Juneteenth celebrations happening. It was a time of healing, self-care and a deviation from the chaotic social climate.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed “a law to turn a page in Mississippi today,” as he put his signature on legislation that will retire the state’s Confederate-themed flag. With legislative officials and African American leaders surrounding him, the Republican governor said that recent events have changed his mind about what the State of Mississippi should do about the long-controversial symbol.
Mississippi officials across the state will soon lower the Confederate-themed state flag for a final time after veto-proof majorities in both houses of the Legislature voted to retire it and begin the process of creating a new state flag. Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, has already signaled that he will sign the legislation.
In a historic vote today, large majorities in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature voted to move forward on an effort to retire and replace the Confederate-themed Mississippi State Flag.
Filmmaker Philip Scarborough was raised amid “lost cause” mythology. Now he writes: “To be blunt, there is absolutely, positively nothing about the Confederacy worth memorializing or celebrating. Zero.”
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