Mississippi state flag is lowered from the state Capitol Building during a ceremony in Jackson, Mississippi, the United States, on July 1, 2020. Tate Reeves, governor of southern U.S. state Mississippi, on Tuesday signed a state legislation into law, officially removing a Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, local media reported. Mississippi state lawmakers on Sunday overwhelmingly voted to replace the state flag as protesters across the country demanded a reckoning to systemic racism following the death of black man George Floyd in police custody on May 25. The state flag, adopted in 1894, nearly 30 years after the end of the Civil War, is the last in the United States to feature the Confederate battle emblem. (Photo by Alan Chin/Xinhua)
