61.   Racism and religious intolerance are still burning issues, and Bob Jones U. and the Confederate battle flag are still powerful symbols.

62.   Several states display low-key emblems of their Confederate past, but Mississippi is alone in flying the battle flag.

63.   Some of the flags are battle flags.

64.   South Carolina removed the rebel battle flag that had flown with the regular state flag and put the Confederate banner in a less prominent spot.

65.   Some Mississippi legislators are hoping this is the year lawmakers at least discuss removing the Confederate battle flag from the corner of the state flag.

66.   South Carolina is the last state in the South to fly the Confederate battle flag from its statehouse.

67.   South Carolina is the only state of the former Confederacy that still flies the battle flag, although other states incorporate Confederate elements into their flag.

68.   South Carolina is the only state with the Confederate battle flag waving atop its Capitol dome and the NAACP wants it removed.

69.   South Carolina is the only state that flies the battle flag from its Capitol dome, though Mississippi and Georgia have incorporated the design into their state flags.

70.   State Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, has also said the commission should reject the monument, which would include the confederate battle flag on some occasions.