Sen. Kenny Wayne Jones (D), chairman of the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus, received backlash from caucus members after defending controversial comments made by former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour.…
Mississippi- Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour drew mixed reactions from analysts on Wednesday for his decision to push for a civil rights museum for his state ahead of a possible presidential bid.
JACKSON, Miss. — Gov. Haley Barbour is being criticized for recent comments he made about the civil rights era.
Mississippi Governor, Haley Barbour, praises the White Supremacist group, the Citizens Council, in a new profile in “The Weekly Standard.” Talking Points Memo reports: “You heard of the Citizens Councils? Up north they think it was like the KKK,” said Barbour. “Where I come from it was an organization of town leaders. In Yazoo City […]
