Last month, Mississippi Governor, Haley Barbour said the Conservative Citizen's Council (businessmen by day & klansman by night) was misunderstood. Those comments landed him in hot water. Since then, he's granted a "conditional release" to the Scott sisters and now he wants to build a civil rights museum. I hope the good people from the state of Mississippi see this for what it is: an attempt quiet them so he can pursue his Presidential bid in 2012.
This man has been governor of that state for......well, I'm not sure how long he's been the governor.
But if he was serious about doing this, he could have done it YEARS ago. I'm sure he's sat down with members of the NAACP and he's trying to appease them, I understand how the game go.
But if he really wants to do something constructive; if he's really serious about addressing civil rights issues; how about re-opening cold cases from the civil rights era.
How about re-opening the case of Frank Morris, a black business owner who was set on fire in 1964. One of the suspects from that case is still alive. Go arrest him for murder! His name is Arthur Leonard Spencer and he lives in Rayville, Mississippi.
How about re-opening the case of Whartlest Jackson in Natchez Mississippi. He was murdered in 1967 because he got a promotion over 2 white men.
Those same 2 white men went to work the next day after Mr. Jackson went missing and told everybody that Mr. Jackson had retired and wasn't coming back to work anymore.
I suggest that if Governor Barbour wants his "goodwill" to be taken seriously, he offer something more than just a token gesture.
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