Time to Change Mississippi Flag, Steve Earle says in Song

Country rockers Steve Earle & The Dukes have released a new song exhorting Mississippi to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag.   The single, "It's Time, Mississippi,'' went on sale Friday as a fundraiser for the Southern Poverty Law Center.   Virginia native Earle sings that he comes from a "long, long line / of a Rebel strain / but the wind has changed.''   Old South symbols have been widely debated since the June...

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