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Mississippi’s New State Flag Was Inspired by the Designer’s Childhood Memories

Chinese-American web designer Sue Anna Joe is responsible for creating the central motif of Mississippi's new state flag, which replaces the one bearing confederate imagery.

By Helen Holmes

Mississippi Museum of Art Explores a Racially Fraught History for State Bicentennial

Mississippi Confronts a Complicated National Past through Art Spanning 200 Years

By Margaret Carrigan

Mississippi Burning Case Still Smolders in Dallas, Baton Rouge and Falcon Heights

This June the Justice Department and the Attorney General of Mississippi publicly announced that they were closing their investigations into a civil rights murder case that 52 years ago shocked the country as much as the recent racially charged killings in Baton Rouge, Falcon Heights, and Dallas have.

By Nicolaus Mills