NAACP Loses Case Over Mississippi State Flag.(Brief Article) From: Jet | Date: May 22, 2000 | COPYRIGHT 2000 Johnson Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Mississippi state flag, which incorporates the Confederate flag in its design, does not violate the constitutional rights of Blacks, the Mississippi Supreme Court recently ruled.

"Lawmakers, not the courts, should determine state flags," said Presiding Justice Ed Pittman in the ruling.

"In this case, the NAACP failed to offer any proof that the flying of the state flag deprived any citizen of a constitutionally protected right."

The ruling in t...

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