A Gulf Coast city awaits a federal judges ruling on its motion to dismiss a lawsuit that challenges flying the state flag.

The Mississippi flag is "racially demeaning and hostile" because it contains the Confederate battle emblem, says a new federal lawsuit that seeks to ban one city from any public display of the state banner.

Governor Phil Bryant hinted at the possibility of allowing the people to vote to keep or change the state flag.

It's the first full week of business for the 2 Mississippi Museums Project. Visitors share their impressions of the state-of-the-art facilities.

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.