Moorhead, Mississippi  •  November 2, 2000

Jimmy Giles Defends Mississippi's Historic State Flag.

Before Mississippi voters affirmed the historic state flag in the 2001 statewide referendum, Jimmy Giles stood before the state flag commission and defended the flag, Southern heritage and the people's right to decide.

This complete 3-minute, 18-second excerpt appeared in Mississippi Public Broadcasting's First Friday: Special Edition—The Mississippi State Flag, first broadcast December 1, 2000. View the program record at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.