(POLL) CNN asked 5 Black artists from Mississippi to propose a new state flag. I hope you'll share—and vote in the comments on which you like best (the numbering goes clockwise from top left; the fifth flag is in the next tweet).
1 Perryman
2 Johnson
3 Mobley
4 Martéa
5 Mcmillon
1 Perryman
2 Johnson
3 Mobley
4 Martéa
5 Mcmillon
(FIFTH FLAG) And here's the fifth flag, by Mcmillon (all flags are identified by the last name of their creator):
(PS) Personally, I'm in love with all three of the Perryman flag, the Johnson flag, and the Mobley flag—and can't decide between them. I admit that I have no ties to Mississippi other than having driven there once from Wisconsin to give a poetry reading. It was... an experience.
(POLL) Now that everyone understands the numbering system for the 4 proposed Mississippi state flags in the first tweet in this thread—#1 through #4, moving clockwise from top-left, meaning #4 is the "birds" flag—which do you prefer?
(#5 was dropped as the least popular option.)
(#5 was dropped as the least popular option.)