WILLIAMS-BARNES By Emily Wagster Pettus Associated Press JACKSON – Some black Mississippi officials say they are boycotting a regional legislative meeting that their own state is hosting this summer, to protest the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag. The Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus is asking the Southern Legislative Conference to push Mississippi to lose its status as the last state with a flag featuring the emblem. The caucus chairwoman, Democratic Rep.

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