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...reckoning--and added that he had worked to place a bust of King in the U.S. Capitol. Lott's open sentimentality about the Confederacy has continued unabated. In 1998 he spoke at the dedication of a library at Confederate leader Jefferson Davis' last home, on the beachfront in Biloxi, Miss., saying "Sometimes I feel closer to Jefferson Davis than any other man in America...
...Driving east down U.S. Highway 90, along the strip which connects Pass Christian to Pascagoula, the vast Gulf of Mexico looking tranquil as a lake on my right, I came to the memorial known as Eight Flags. Located on the Gulfport-Biloxi line, the site, which includes a Confederate flagpole, has been mired in controversy for over two years. Still at question is whether this Rebel flag is a thoughtful "heritage" salute to the Confederate dead or a racist affront to African-Americans. The NAACP has poured untold resources into banning the flag because the park is funded by taxpayer...
...full 24 hours and one print news-cycle after the terrorist attacks, two if you count the rounds of extras produced by every paper from The Crimson to the Biloxi Sun Herald, the story behind the stories you read in the papers were who was getting the story...
Today's dance teachers understand that students who enjoy their classes are likely not only to stay but also to bring along their friends. Price Tyson, 9, and his older brother Robby Tyson, 14, attended a weeklong dance camp last summer at Gulf Coast School of Performing Arts in Biloxi, Miss. The brothers had so much fun that they decided to continue dance lessons again this summer and have persuaded "a whole lot of other guys to come to camp...
...tobacco litigation with military efficiency. He selected law firms to join the team, assessed each firm a share of the expenses, doled out work assignments and figured out in advance how any fees would be distributed. Scruggs functioned "like a CEO," says Paul Minor, a trial lawyer in Biloxi, Miss. "He's our general and chief strategist, the leader and manager of all these law firms and big egos...