'Quantico' actress takes red-carpet stand against Mississippi state flag
By Emanuella Grinberg, CNN
Updated 2:29 PM ET, Sat February 6, 2016
... The "Quantico" star wore a white dress emblazoned with the phrase "Take It Down Mississippi," a reference to ongoing debate over the state flag, the last in the country to incorporate the Confederate battle emblem. Designed by "Quantico" costume designer Sami Rattner, the dress included a red handprint next to the phrase ...
"In a few years, when the civil rights museum is open in Jackson, I want to take my family there. When they ask about the flag of the KKK that is in photo after photo of violence against black bodies, I want to tell them what it is and what it should be: a relic. But before we walk in, I want them to look up and see a flag hoisted on the pole outside, the new Mississippi flag, a beautiful, proud one representative not just of heritage but of future, one in which we all can imagine for the state we love" ...
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/06/entertainment/aunjanue-ellis-mississippi-flag-dress-feat/
