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Waving the “White” Flag: Racial Voting Patterns in the 2001 Mississippi Flag Referendum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2002

Philip A. Klinkner
Philip A. Klinkner
Affiliation:
Hamilton College
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Debates over displays of the Confederate flag have roiled Southern politics in recent years. Opponents of the flag view it is a symbol of slavery and Jim Crow, and consequently an insult to black Americans and evidence of the refusal of many Southerners to let go of an inglorious past. Supporters of the flag, however, argue that the flag today has no linkage with slavery or Jim Crow, but instead symbolizes Southern heritage and tradition.

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Research Article
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , September 2001 , pp. 647
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© 2001 by the American Political Science Association

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