Group calls for removal of Confederate symbols and street names in Tupelo

A local organization is calling for the removal of all Confederate symbols and street names in the city of Tupelo.

Calling for the removal of all confederate symbols and street names in the city of tupelo.

Wayne hereford talked to members of indivisible mississippi this afternoon at fair park in tupelo about how they plan to accomplish their goals.

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"we stand for equality, inclusion, and action," mary jane meadows is an organizer for indivisible northeast mississippi.

The same group that organized a recent march in tupelo to protest police brutality in the george floyd case.

They now want to see names like robert e.

Lee and stephen d.

Lee come off of street signs in tupelo,.

The wants the city to remove confederate flags from all city property.

Members of the goup wants the county to take confederate statue down form the courthouse lawn.

"also a big thing that came out of that gathering was changing the symbols from our state and our city.

I don't know what the state is going to do about changing the flag, but our city needs to take leadership and act on removing these confederate symbols which symbolize slavery."

(teresa roberts- member).."i think i would like to see any symbols removed that remind us of the history that is so painful.

But even though this will not bring back lives that have been lost, it will show good faith efforts by our leaders" the group says it will take its cause first to the tupelo city council and then the state legislature.

Mississippi lawmakers are working on a bill that could improve conditions in the state prison system ... council and then the state legislature.

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