An African-American woman wore a Confederate flag and a red noose around her neck on her way to vote in Mississippi's Senate election this week, CNN reported Wednesday.

Claudia Bivins said she brought the two props with her to teach her grandson a lesson about sacrifices African-American people had to make to vote.

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"It still weighs me down," Bivins told CNN. "The flag represents racism, slavery and affliction."

Bivins explained to her grandson that she was part of the first class to integrate at her high school.

After voting, CNN said Bivins visited the grave of Vernon Dahmer, a civil rights activist focused on voting rights killed by Ku Klux Klan members.