JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Confederate statue would be moved from a central spot on the University of Mississippi’s campus to a less prominent Confederate cemetery, under a proposal approved Friday by a state board. The cemetery is still on campus, but it’s in a place few people walk or drive. The vote Friday was […]
A former University of Mississippi student is scheduled to plead guilty Thursday to placing a noose on the University of Mississippi’s statue of its first black student. A federal court filing shows that Austin Reed Edenfield is scheduled to waive indictment and plead guilty to a criminal charge before U.S. District Judge Michael Mills in […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi has removed the state flag on its Oxford campus Monday morning because the banner contains the Confederate battle emblem, which some see as a painful reminder of slavery and segregation. Interim Chancellor Morris Stocks ordered the flag lowered and said it was being sent to the university’s […]
This past February, a trio of University of Mississippi students allegedly hung a noose and placed an old Georgia state flag bearing the Confederate symbol on the campus statue of James Meredith. Meredith was the school’s first Black student. The students are under investigation by the University and the FBI, but cannot be charged with […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A national fraternity group has closed its University of Mississippi chapter after three members were accused of tying a noose around the neck of a statue of the first black student to enroll in the Southern college that was all-white at the time. The university announced Thursday that the national office […]
