Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today Mississippi Highway Patrol officers furl the state flag outside of the Capitol in Jackson on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Mississippi’s former state flag with the divisive Confederate battle emblem in its canton was officially retired to a museum on Wednesday after flying over the state for 126 years. Flags were [...]
Kayleigh Skinner/Mississippi Today Myrlie Evers and Gov. William Winter head to the opening ceremonies for the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the Museum of Mississippi History in December, 2017. Myrlie Evers began to weep when she heard the Mississippi Legislature voted to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag. “I can’t believe [...]
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America Magee Elementary School students participate in phonics and phonemic awareness exercise Friday, December 6, 2019. This week the Mississippi Department of Education released guidelines for how K-12 schools should reopen in the fall. In a document titled “Considerations for reopening Mississippi Schools,” the department outlines a three month [...]
