Headlines
Mississippi Flag Continues to Embody Confederate Emblem After Bills Killed in Legislature
By Talbert Toole
Lifestyles Editor
talbert.toole@hottytoddy.com
Left to right: The official state of flag of Mississippi and The Stennis Flag that was introduced to Mississippi Legislature in three different bills this year.
The official state flag of Mississippi will remain the same embodying the Confederate flag as multiple bills were killed at the State Capitol today.
Although the current flag continues to represent the state, lawmakers, however, did not reinforce universities, such as Ole Miss, Southern Miss and Mississippi State, to fly the flag on their respective campuses, according to usnews.com.
Three different bills that were introduced to the state legislature offered a replacement of the flag with what has now become known as “The Stennis Flag.”
Laurin Stennis, the designer of the replacement flag, told Hottytoddy.com last week she would not be surprised if state lawmakers did not pressure their fellow constituents to pass legislation to change the controversial state flag due to it being an election year.
This year three bills that advocated for the official change to “The Stennis Flag” were filed in early January by several lawmakers. At the time of the bills filings, there were two in the House: one by Rep. Kathy Sykes and one by Rep. David Baria; and one in Senate that is sponsored by Sen. Willie Simmons and cosponsored by David Blount.
| Mon, Nov 4 |  | vs Long Island University | W, 90-60 |
| Fri, Nov 8 |  | vs Grambling | W, 66-64 |
| Tue, Nov 12 |  | vs South Alabama | W, 64-54 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Colorado State | W, 84-69 |
| Thu, Nov 21 |  | vs Oral Roberts | L, 100-68 |
| Thu, Nov 28 |  | vs BYU | W, 96-85 OT |
| Fri, Nov 29 |  | vs 13 Purdue | L, 80-78 |
| Tue, Dec 3 |  | @ Louisville | W, 86-63 |
| Sat, Dec 7 |  | vs Lindenwood | W, 86-53 |
| Sat, Dec 14 |  | vs Southern Miss | W, 77-46 |
| Tue, Dec 17 |  | vs Southern | W, 74-61 |
| Sat, Dec 21 |  | vs Queens University | W, 80-62 |
| Sat, Dec 28 |  | @ Memphis | L, 87-70 |
| Sat, Jan 4 |  | vs Georgia | W, 63-51 |
| Wed, Jan 8 |  | @ 23 Arkansas | W, 73-66 |
| Sat, Jan 11 |  | vs LSU | W, 77-65 |
| Tue, Jan 14 |  | @ 5 Alabama | W, 74-64 |
| Sat, Jan 18 |  | @ 17 Mississippi State | L, 81-84 |
| Wed, Jan 22 |  | vs 13 Texas A&M | L, 62-63 |
| Sat, Jan 25 |  | @ Missouri | 5:00 PM SECN |
| Wed, Jan 29 |  | vs Texas | 8:00 PM ESPN2 |
| Sat, Feb 1 |  | vs 2 Auburn | 3:00 PM TBA |
| Tue, Feb 4 |  | vs 10 Kentucky | 6:00 PM ESPN |
| Sat, Feb 8 | | @ LSU | 7:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 12 |  | @ South Carolina | 6:00 PM SECN |
| Sat, Feb 15 | | vs 17 Mississippi State | 5:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Feb 22 |  | @ Vanderbilt | 2:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 26 | | @ 2 Auburn | 6:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 1 |  | vs 12 Oklahoma | 1:00 PM TBA |
| Wed, Mar 5 |  | vs 1 Tennessee | 8:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 8 |  | @ 6 Florida | 5:00 PM SECN |
Michael Nelson
February 5, 2019 at 10:03 pm
If My Mississippi state flag is changed I will move out of this state ole miss has already changed the mascot and lost many supporters change the states flag is no good the flag is part of history just like Colonel Rabel will always be a part of history