Mississippi is on the verge of scuttling a state song with racist roots, two years after it retired a Confederate-themed state flag.
The Associated Press
Barnett unsuccessfully resisted integration of the University of Mississippi in 1962, and legislators that year adopted a state song setting new words to his campaign ditty: “Go, Mississippi, keep rolling along. Go, Mississippi, you cannot go wrong.” Azar is a Mississippi native. His lyrics play on the hide-and-seek counting game and incorporate familiar images: magnolia trees, fried catfish,The Republican-controlled House and Senate on Thursday passed the final version of a bill to replace the Barnett-linked song with “One Mississippi.” The bill also would create a committee to recommend that legislators designate additional state songs later. Tennessee is among states with multiple official songs.
“I don’t think it’s a good idea to take the tune of a racist song and make it for everybody," said Karmen Owens, a 15-year-old freshman at North Pike High School in McComb.
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