UPDATE 12/29: Justin Elliott spoke with Steve Mangold and was able to elaborate on Mangold’s letter. As you may recall, when Haley Barbour was asked by the Weekly Standard what it was like to grow up in Yazoo City, MS “in the midst of the civil rights revolution,” Barbour said, ““I just don’t remember it [...]
Haley Barbour’s Disingenuous Comparison
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 28. Dec, 2010 in california, civil rights movement, mississippi, race and racism
Haley Barbour’s Raid on Historical Memory
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 21. Dec, 2010 in breaking news, civil rights movement, election, mississippi, politics, race and racism, voting rights
(An update follows this post.) Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour is at it again. Seems like every time Barbour pops up in the news these days he’s busy whitewashing Mississippi’s racist past. The latest came my way yesterday via Digby and Joan McCarter at Kos. In an interview with the Weekly Standard, Barbour had the audacity [...]
The FBI’s Slow Race Against Time
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 08. Aug, 2010 in civil rights cold case project, civil rights movement, clifton walker case, mississippi, race and racism, southwest ms
As far as I knew, none of the children of Clifton Walker had ever been contacted by FBI agents regarding the February 28, 1964 racial killing of their father, near Woodville, MS. Still, I thought I should confirm this, so a few nights ago I gave a call to Walker’s second daughter Catherine and asked [...]
Remembering the Names
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 29. Dec, 2009 in breaking news, civil rights movement, mississippi, neshoba murders, race and racism
USA Today reports that the FBI Field Office in Jackson, Mississippi may soon be named after James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman—the three civil rights workers murdered by Klansmen in Neshoba County, MS, June 21, 1964. JACKSON, Miss. — This state, whose civil rights history is marred with negatives, wants to name its new Federal [...]
It’s Official: Jerry Mitchell is a (MacArthur) Genius
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 21. Sep, 2009 in breaking news, civil rights movement, mississippi, neshoba murders, race and racism
Congratulations to Jerry Mitchell! A papermaker dedicated to preserving traditional Western and Japanese techniques; a scientist developing theories of global climate change; and a journalist who helps uncover details of unsolved murders from the civil rights era are among the 24 recipients of the $500,000 “genius awards,” to be announced on Tuesday by the John [...]
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