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Mississippi protesters call for end to Confederate holiday

CORRECTS FACTUAL ERRORS AND REMOVES REFERENCE TO CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY BEING NEW AS IT IS NOT NEW IN STATE LAW - Daniel Jenkins and members of Indivisible Northeast Mississippi and Concerned Citizens protest Confederate Memorial Day in front of a Confederate monument at the old Lee County Courthouse in Tupelo, Miss., Monday, April 25, 2022. The demonstrators called for an end to Confederate Heritage Month and Confederate Memorial Day in Mississippi. (Thomas Wells/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP)

CORRECTS FACTUAL ERRORS AND REMOVES REFERENCE TO CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY BEING NEW AS IT IS NOT NEW IN STATE LAW - Members of Indivisible Northeast Mississippi and Concerned Citizens protest Confederate Memorial Day in front of a Confederate monument at the old Lee County Courthouse in Tupelo Miss., Monday, April 25, 2022. The demonstrators called for an end to Confederate Heritage Month and Confederate Memorial Day. (Thomas Wells/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP)

Mississippi protesters call for end to Confederate holiday