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"From Dixie With Love"
Ole Miss logo
Also known as"Slow Dixie"
Relinquished2009

"From Dixie With Love", also known as "Slow Dixie", is an American song combining elements of "Dixie" and the "Battle Hymn of the Republic". It was created and predominantly performed as the fight song at the University of Mississippi. In 2009, the Chancellor Dan Jones requested the Ole Miss Marching Band stop playing "From Dixie With Love" at University sports events.

History

"From Dixie With Love" was created as a medley of Dixie and the Battle Hymn of the Republic and started being played in the 1980s. Starting in approximately 2004, students started to chant "The South Will Rise Again!" at the end of the song instead of "His truth is marching on." The Chancellor of the University of Mississippi Dan Jones then requested in 2009 that the band no longer play "From Dixie With Love" at Ole Miss Rebels football games after fans failed to heed his warnings that he would do so if fans continued to chant "The South Will Rise Again". This was continuing a trend of the University of Mississippi ceasing to use symbols of the Confederate States of America and followed their removal of Colonel Reb as a mascot and a flagpole ban at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium.

The ban was not received well by some students. Prior to an Ole Miss football game, the Klu Klux Klan protested the removal outside the University's chapel however they were outnumbered by counter protesters and stopped after ten minutes. Jones himself received called for him to be removed as Chancellor as a result. His contract was not renewed in 2014 leading to speculation that the banning of "From Dixie With Love" played a part of it. The band were still permitted to play "Dixie" however in 2016, the University banned that from being played in addition to "From Dixie With Love".

References

  1. ^ "Ole Miss chancellor asks band to stop playing song over South chant". ESPN. 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  2. "Update: Klan plans protest before Ole Miss game; students plan counter-rally". AL.com. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  3. "Ole Miss won't play Dixie at football games anymore. What changed?". Christian Science Monitor. 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  4. ^ "For Ole Miss sports, 'Dixie' is dead". Mississippi Today. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  5. "KKK Rally At Ole Miss: Klan Outnumbered By Protesters". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  6. Puglise, Nicole. "University of Mississippi bans Confederate 'anthem' Dixie". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-02-14.