yeah, didn’t something like 30% of black voters vote to keep the Confederate flag as part of the Miss state flag?
When my class was graduating H/S they had a no jeans, shorts, etc rule. My friend came from a lower income family and lived on a farm. Jeans were the only pants he had. He bought them new and wore them to school, when they became ‘worn’ he wore them while working on the farm.
He showed up for the walk with his newest pair of dark blue jeans (concealed to the shins by the robe); the school told him they didn’t care the circumstances “change, or don’t walk.” He ended up finding a pair of ratty teal cordouroys, from his older brother (which were too big for him), and barely made it back as we were starting to march onto the field.
— It seems schools are always trying to find reasons to keep certain students from the Graduation Walk
That I tend to doubt.
The vote on the flag was 65%/35% and the ethnic breakdown of Mississippi is 62% white/37% black.
I'm going to guess that the vote on the flag split pretty evenly down racial lines.
The most pro-old flag county was Tishomingo which voted 91% to keep it. Tishomingo is 95% white and 3% black.
The most anti-old flag county was Jefferson which voted 83% to get rid of it. Jefferson is 87% black, 13% white.
The most evenly balanced county was Yazoo which was split exactly down the middle: 4370 votes vs. 4370 votes - 50% for, 50% against. Yazoo is 54% white and 45% black.
This would indicate that very few blacks voted for the old flag, and that very few whites voted against.