Mississippi Governor Proclaims April Confederate Heritage Month Again

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By Bry'onna Mention ·Updated April 15, 2022

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves is defending his decision to again designate April as Confederate Heritage Month in a state where nearly 40 percent of residents are Black on Friday according to AP News.

The proclamation comes as a surprise as Reeves signed a law retiring the Mississippi state flag—the last state flag in the U.S.—that featured a Confederate battle emblem, just shy of

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