June 12, 2017
Rep. Karl Oliver sat poker-faced as black lawmakers talked about more than 600 lynchings that took place in Mississippi from 1877 to 1950.
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Analysis: Rep's Silence After Lynch Remark Strains Relations
In 2015, a white Mississippi lawmaker went to the front of the state House chamber and apologized for saying in an interview that black people in his town were getting ...
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