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Flag Protesters

FROM MEXICO LET’S HEAD TO MISSISSIPPI, WHERE THERE ARE PROTESTS OVER THE STATE’S FLAG. MISSISSIPPI’S FLAG INCORPORATES THE CONFEDERATE FLAG, THAT
WAS USED DURING THE CIVIL WAR BY SOUTHERN STATES THAT WANTED TO KEEP BLACK PEOPLE AS SLAVES. THE FLAG IS CONSIDERED OFFENSIVE BY SOME PEOPLE – WHO ARE PROTESTING FOR A CHANGE.

REPORTER MEREDITH PARKER HAS THE STORY.
[MS: FLAG PROTESTORS]

RICK: THANKS MEREDITH. MISSISSIPPIANS DID VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO CHANGE THEIR FLAG BACK IN 2001, AND DECIDED TO KEEP IT THE SAME.


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