It Isn't Unreasonable for Mississippi to Apologize for Past Mistakes
Charleston Gazette › June 20, 2005
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Anybody who claims to understand Mississippi has probably never spent much time there. I'm back in my home state fairly frequently these days, and every visit leaves me hopeful and despairing.
Mississippi is a state of confusion - the symbol of racism and backwardness and arguably the state that is trying hardest to repair the damage wrought by racism.See the full content of this document
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It Isn't Unreasonable for Mississippi to Apologize for Past Mistakes
And so Edgar Ray "Preacher" Killen is on trial in Philadelphia - the Philadelphia of "Mississippi Burning" - for his alleged role in the 1964 lynching of three civil rights workers. You can argue that the ...
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