After more than 120 years of flying over the state of Mississippi, the Confederate battle flag is no longer a part of the state's official flag.
"People who wanted to keep the flag couldn't ignore what it meant anymore," says Democratic state Rep. Robert Johnson, the minority leader in the Mississippi House.
"You can't live in Mississippi as an African American and don't every day feel angry when you see that flag," Johnson says.
Johnson says economic pressure helped force the change as it became increasingly clear that the flag was a liability for Mississippi because it's widely seen as a racist symbol.
State Sen. Chris McDaniel led the fight against changing the flag in the Legislature.
