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Supporters of the #MSFlag argue that its Confederate imagery honors soldiers—not slavery & white supremacy.
But the week lawmakers adopted the flag in 1894, they refused to fund a home for ailing & homeless Confederate vets, citing other priorities. 👇🏻 1/ mississippifreepress.org/3710/you-white…
But the week lawmakers adopted the flag in 1894, they refused to fund a home for ailing & homeless Confederate vets, citing other priorities. 👇🏻 1/ mississippifreepress.org/3710/you-white…
Quoting @clarionledger at the time: "The building of a soldier’s home was deferred on account of hard times bc all the money...will be needed for other & more pressing purposes, such as maintaining our excellent public school system & the establishment of a State prison farm." 2/ 
The prison farm, Parchman, came 6 years later as a black-only prison, where black prisoners worked the fields & picked cotton.
Gov. Vardaman said it was “like an efficient slave plantation” to give black men “proper discipline, work habits, & respect for white authority.” 3/
Gov. Vardaman said it was “like an efficient slave plantation” to give black men “proper discipline, work habits, & respect for white authority.” 3/
