[Hawthorn]

>> Was the emblem on the flag put there shortly after the Civil War or is it from a change made in reaction to the civil rights movement of the 1960s? <<

I think the present flag was adopted in the 1890’s, when the white supremacist Democratic Party was engaged in the ultimately successful process of disenfranchising all black voters (who were Republicans).

[GreyFriar]

Thank you for your reply, you are the only person who answered my question with information versus a wise crack.

[vetvetdoug]

Many Mississippi Black state politicians were in favour of the current flag. The flag was adopted almost unanimously in 1894 by black and white Mississippi politicians alike.