The state flag of Mississippi flies at the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Mississippi, on Friday, April 26, 2019. Rogelio V. Solis / AP ...

Even though Mississippi is the last state to remove the design of the confederate battle flag from its modern iteration, there are five other state flags that arguably recall Confederate symbols ...

The Mississippi state flag bearing a Confederate emblem was lowered outside the State Capitol in Jackson late last month. State legislators had voted to retire it over the weekend.

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to surrender the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a ...

Mississippi flag commission narrows options to two after designs fly. Earlier this summer, lawmakers voted to remove Mississippi's previous flag, which contained the Confederate battle flag.

A person waves a small Mississippi state flag while driving past the Governor's Mansion in Jackson in April 2020. Rogelio V. Solis / AP ...

Mississippi on Tuesday voted to replace its state flag, which had been the last one in the U.S. to include an image of the Confederate themed battle flag.

The Mississippi state flag is currently the only state flag that features the Confederate battle flag. The Legislature adopted it in 1894, nearly three decades after the end of the Civil War.

Mississippi artist Laurin Stennis has designed and proposed a new state flag. Her grandfather, U.S. Sen. John Stennis , famously opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Mississippi will do away with the last state flag to bear the Confederate flag. But symbols of the Confederacy live on in other state flags.

An overwhelming 72% of Mississippi voters voted in favor of the new state flag design, which features a magnolia and the words “In God We Trust.” (WLOX) Sherri Carr Bevis is one of the nine ...

Enter the Stennis flag, designed by a Mississippi artist named Laurin Stennis. Her grandfather, John C. Stennis, was a U.S. senator for 41 years, and a staunch segregationist.