MUW Joins The List Of Schools Removing The State Flag

COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) – Seven of Mississippi’s eight public universities have now stopped flying the state flag that prominently features the Confederate battle emblem.

Mississippi University for Women President Jim Borsig says his school removed the only pole flying Mississippi’s state flag in July as part of a construction project.

Mississippi State University also confirmed Tuesday that it removed state flags from four locations over the summer.

The state’s flag has been criticized as a symbol of racial oppression. Voters overwhelmingly supported keeping it in 2001.

Borsig says he was willing to make the move after campus groups had sustained discussions in the last school year. He also cites the 50th anniversary of the university’s integration as a factor.

Delta State University is the only public Mississippi university still flying the flag.

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