July 12, 2021
Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson is the only Black member of Mississippi's four-person House delegation, and he was the only of the four to vote in favor of mandating removal of Confederate statues. Photo courtesy U.S. House of Representatives
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Analysis: Mississippi Might Have to Rethink Capitol Statues
Even as the nation reconsiders the public display of Confederate monuments amid a reckoning over issues of racial injustice, Mississippi—a state with a 38% Black population—still represents itself inside the …
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