The school’s athletics department was asked to create a ‘new and contemporary’ pregame show that does not include the racially controversial southern songDixie,a song often considered to be the unofficial accomplice anthem, will no longer be played at the University of Mississippi – bucking a tradition of performing the song at university events.
The school’s marching band, and the Pride of the South,will no longer play the song or any variations at athletic events, Mississippi nowadays reported on Friday.
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Source: theguardian.com