Haley Barbour

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February 1, 2011

Revisionism reminds us why we need Black History Month

OPINION - Considering the constant stream of half-truths and whole lies it must combat, Black History Month definitely has not…
January 29, 2011

Barbour juggles White House hopes, state’s past

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Now if the 63-year-old could just shake his penchant for airbrushing his state's segregationist past, a…
January 27, 2011

Racial gaffes get GOP 2012 wannabes in hot water

OPINION - These racial gaffes and smears may tell us about the character of these candidates, or lack thereof, yet…
January 20, 2011

Haley Barbour: ‘Not much’ memory of civil rights era

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Barbour says he has little personal recollection of Freedom Summer activities in his state in 1964,…
January 20, 2011

Black and brown unite to fight new Miss. immigration bill

theGRIO REPORT - In a state where Latinos have no representation in the state legislature, African-Americans -- have extended their…
January 13, 2011

Barbour: Time to build civil rights museum in Miss.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Republican, who is considering a 2012 run in what could be a crowded GOP field,…
January 7, 2011

Kidney-sharing Scott sisters finally freed from prison

PEARL, Mississippi (AP) - Jamie and Gladys Scott waved to reporters and yelled "we're free" and "God bless y'all" as…
January 6, 2011

Sisters to be freed on pledge of kidney donation

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Jamie and Gladys Scott will be released Friday from the state prison in Rankin County, just…
January 2, 2011

Jailed Miss. sisters freed but must trade kidney

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The unusual agreement has alarmed some experts, who have raised legal and ethical questions...
December 30, 2010

Why Gov. Barbour had to free Scott sisters

OPINION - After taking a major media pummeling for his comments and under increasing pressure to do something about the…
December 29, 2010

Gov. Barbour suspends life sentence for Scott sisters

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has suspended the life sentences of two sisters convicted in 1994 for…
December 21, 2010

Barbour backs off widely criticized civil rights claims

WASHINGTON (AP) - Gov. Haley Barbour spoke out a day after several liberal activists criticized his published comments about school…
December 21, 2010

Haley Barbour needs a civil rights history lesson

OPINION - Haley Barbour's failed attempt to re-write history stems from bigoted white supremacist ideology and must be rejected as…
December 20, 2010

Miss. gov praises civil rights era white supremacists

TALKING POINTS MEMO - Gov. Haley Barbour, a potential Republican presidential candidate, has an interesting perspective on the tumults of…
November 10, 2010

Steele may face challengers for GOP chairmanship

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans, looking to oust President Barack Obama in 2012, are considering a chairman who would operate more…
October 19, 2010

Blacks’ higher education options limited in the South

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - "The 400,000 or 500,000 African-Americans in the Delta need a place to go to school where…
September 15, 2010

NAACP backs pardon for 2 serving life for $11 robbery

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The NAACP is asking Mississippi's governor to pardon two black women who have been serving life…
September 8, 2010

Why conservatives want to rewrite civil rights history

OPINION - They have an image problem regarding race that will preclude them picking up moderate white voters who fled…
April 12, 2010

Miss. gov says Confederacy flap not worth 'diddly'

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi said he doesn't think the Virginia governor's 'Confederate History Month' proclamation…
November 19, 2009

Mississippi governor wants to merge state's 3 HBCUs into one

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Monday unveiled a budget that includes sweeping reorganization of state government,…