Barbour Civil Rights

Haley Barbour Appears To Have Confederate Problem

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 05.25.2011

JACKSON, Miss. — Does Haley Barbour have a Confederate problem? It's a question hounding Mississippi's Republican governor as he gears up for a...

Haley Barbour Won't Denounce Confederate License Plate

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 05.25.2011

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Tuesday he won't denounce a Southern heritage group's proposal for a state-issued license p...

Haley Barbour: Civil Rights Era In Mississippi Not Something I Recall Well

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 05.25.2011

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he has little personal recollection of Freedom Summer activities in his state in 1964, when...

Haley Barbour: Civil Rights Museum Should Be Built In Mississippi

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 05.25.2011

JACKSON, Miss. — Possible presidential contender Gov. Haley Barbour – under fire recently for comments that critics claim minimized the pr...

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Haley Barbour Under Fire For Civil Rights Comments

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) has set off a firestorm of controversy over his comments on the civil rights era in his hometown of Y...