White Politics in a Black Land
White Politics in a Black Land By Bill Minor Vol. 5, No. 5, 1983, pp. 1-5, 7-9 It was the sort of affair which a few years ago would have been unthinkable in Mississippi: an NAACP fundraising luncheon in Vicksburg,
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Claude Ramsay, 1916-1986
Claude Ramsay, 1916-1986 By Bill Minor Vol. 8, No. 2, 1986, pp. 17-18 In death, Claude Ramsay belatedly was paid homage the other day by a lot of big politicians and some of his long-time foes around the Legislature as
Congressman Espy from Mississippi
Congressman Espy from Mississippi By Bill Minor Vol. 8, No. 6, 1986, pp. 1-3 A studious, mild-mannered Yazoo City attorney, thirty-two years old, wrote Mississippi political history on November 4, when he became the first black sent to the U.S.
Grand Opening: The Mississippi Sovereignty Commission
Grand Opening: The Mississippi Sovereignty Commission By Bill Minor Vol. 20, No. 2, 1998 pp. 20-22 Mississippi recently had a Grand Opening. The grand opening of what? The old state Sovereignty Commission files, of course. Many in the news profession
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