As a Flag Comes Down, Looking for a 'New Mississippi'

JACKSON, Miss. -- The activists were infants when two-thirds of Mississippians voted in 2001 to keep the state flag embedded with the battle emblem of the Confederacy. They grew up pledging allegiance to it in school, where they also learned about a history of segregation and oppression associated with the banner.The activists, a band of Black Lives Matter organizers, marched last month through the streets of Jackson, the flag's removal among their demands. But despite the fury, it seemed a fals