Less than half of Mississippians support keeping the state flag with its prominent Confederate emblem, according to a new poll. But as MPB's Ezra Wall reports, a Democratic strategist says a statewide vote now would probably not result in a new flag.

Issues like Confederate imagery and athletes protesting perceived injustices are leading much of the conversation on race relations across the country. As MPB's Ezra Wall reports, a Mississippi group is working on racial reconciliation one person at a time.

A Mississippi organization is reaching across generations to encourage people to talk about race and the feelings they're reluctant to share.

Two elected boards have different ideas on approaching the issue.

Mississippi has a September deadline to file a response with the U.S. Supreme Court over flying the state flag with the confederate emblem. MPB's Desare Frazier reports.

Activists and community members in Mississippi are calling for the Governor to change his stance on the state flag. MPB's Alexis Ware reports.

Mississippi's Black Legislators are calling on the governor to hold a special session to change the state flag. The move comes as the nation reacts to violence in Virginia over a confederate monument.

Victims of violent white supremacist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia are being remembered at a vigil in Mississippi's Capital City. MPB's Ezra Wall reports.

"Racial hate symbols" is what Derrick Johnson calls public references to the Confederacy. Johnson is the longtime president of Mississippi's NAACP and now leads the national organization on an interim basis. He says there are also economic reasons to take down remnants of Mississippi's Confederate past.

Thirteen-hundred legislators from 15 southern states are in Biloxi, for a regional conference this week. But a boycott over the state flag is keeping some lawmakers at home.

The University of Mississippi will post a sign acknowledging that slaves built some structures on the main campus founded before the Civil War.

A Mississippi Attorney is taking his fight to bring down the state flag to the U.S. Supreme Court. He's hoping to break new ground.

Racially charged comments by a Mississippi lawmaker drew criticism and calls for his expulsion during the special legislative session.

A white Mississippi lawmaker has been privately apologizing to some of his black colleagues, more than two weeks after saying people should be lynched for removing Confederate monuments.