Historic turnaround in Mississippi: Governor Tate Reeves, republican, signed the law that wipes out the confederate symbols from the historic state flag. It was the only flag in the USA featuring the emblems of a past considered racist and linked to the oppression of the era of slavery. “This is a new day for Mississippi,” rejoice the promoters of the law.
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“This is not a political moment for me, but a solemn opportunity to guide our Mississippi family towards unity, to reconcile and move forward,” Reeves says in a statement, after the state parliament’s go-ahead for the law to change the flag with the blue cross of the Confederate soldiers. For decades, critics have been asking to change the flag, but the movement against racism mobilized by the killing of the African American made the difference. George Floyd by the police.
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