State lawmakers had approved the measure over the weekend before sending the bill to the Republican governor's desk for his signature. White supremacist legislators were said to have put the Confederate battle emblem on the upper-left corner of the Mississippi flag in 1894 as a reaction to the gains made by African-Americans after the Civil War. Mississippi voters chose to keep the flag in a 2001 statewide election, with supporters saying they saw it as a symbol of Southern heritage. ST. LOUIS PROTESTERS GET HEATED OVER FUTURE OF STATUE TO CITY'S NAMESAKESeveral black legislators, and a few white lawmakers, pushed for years to change it. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPNow, a commission is set to design a new flag, one that cannot include the Confederate symbol and must have the words "In God We Trust."

Source: Fox News June 30, 2020 22:25 UTC