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TOMB to Hold Press Conference on Effort to Move Confederate Statue
The Tallahatchie-Oxford Missionary Baptist Association Ministerial Alliance (consisting of 18 churches) and other faith leaders in Lafayette County are holding a press conference Monday morning on the continued efforts to have the Confederate statue in front of the Courthouse moved.
The press conference will be held at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Lafayette County Chancery Building.
The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on July 6, to leave the statue in place.
According to a press release, the purpose of the press conference is to “announce the united support of African-Americans and other Lafayette County faith leaders who will continue to demonstrate and generate broad support for the removal of the statue.”
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| Sat, Sep 7 |  | vs Middle Tennessee | W, 52-3 |
| Sat, Sep 14 |  | @ Wake Forest | W, 40-6 |
| Sat, Sep 21 |  | vs Georgia Southern | W, 52-13 |
| Sat, Sep 28 |  | vs Kentucky | L, 20-17 |
| Sat, Oct 5 |  | @ South Carolina | W, 27-3 |
| Sat, Oct 12 |  | vs LSU | L, 29-26 (2 OT) |
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| Sat, Nov 2 |  | @ Arkansas | W, 63-35 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Georgia | W, 28-10 |
| Sat, Nov 23 |  | @ Florida | L, 24-17 |
| Sat, Nov 30 |  | vs Mississippi State | 2:30 PM ABC |