Confederate battle flag comes down: Myrlie Evers weeps. ‘Medgar’s wings must be clapping.’

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 [...]