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This is part three in a five-part series about Philip Gunn’s influence in changing the Mississippi state flag.

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‘This thing’s got a chance’: As outside pressure mounts, Philip Gunn sees legislative path to changing state flag
By ADAM GANUCHEAU - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,06/30/21-4:04PM , 4,053 Reads 123,340 Statewide
Speaker of the House Philip Gunn was watching his son play baseball in Louisiana on June 20, 2020, when he got a call from Rep. Jason White, the second highest-ranking House member and a top lieutenant of Gunn’s.

“Mr. Speaker, you’re never going to believe who I just got off the phone with,” White told Gunn.
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This is part two in a five-part series about Philip Gunn’s influence in changing the Mississippi state flag.

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As activists demanded state flag change in 2020, Philip Gunn began counting GOP votes
By ADAM GANUCHEAU - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,06/30/21-11:46AM , 540 Reads 18,470 Statewide
A police officer murdered George Floyd on the streets of Minneapolis. A team of police officers killed Breonna Taylor in her apartment in Kentucky. White men killed Ahmaud Arbery while he was jogging in Georgia. Millions of Americans had taken to the streets to protest police brutality in a national reckoning on racism.
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This is part one in a five-part series about Philip Gunn’s influence in changing the Mississippi state flag.

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Why Philip Gunn became the first prominent Republican to call for changing the state flag
By ADAM GANUCHEAU - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,06/28/21-3:52PM , 630 Reads 28,317 Statewide
The day Speaker of the House Philip Gunn became the first prominent Republican elected official to publicly call for changing the state flag, the backlash he received was so distressing that he asked the Clinton Police Department to watch his house closely overnight.
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Inside Philip Gunn’s efforts to change the state flag
By ADAM GANUCHEAU - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,06/28/21-3:34PM , 680 Reads 25,932 Statewide
A five-part Mississippi Today series will chronicle the behind-the-scenes efforts of Speaker Philip Gunn to change the state flag.

How unlikely was it that lawmakers would vote to change the state flag one year ago today?
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