Authors John Grisham, Kathryn Stockett and Richard Ford have joined together as part of a group calling the state of Mississippi to remove the Confederate emblem from its state flag.
The group took out a full-page ad in The Clarion-Ledger this week urging lawmakers to redesign the flag.
“It is simply not fair, or honorable, to ask black Mississippians to attend schools, compete in athletic events, work in the public sector, serve in the National Guard, and go about their normal lives with a state flag that glorifies a war fought to keep their ancestors enslaved,” the letter reads. “It’s time for Mississippi to fly a flag for all its people.”