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...upcoming schedule is also a strong reason to speed things up. After the State of the Union speech January 19th, a forum in which he traditionally shines, Clinton will spend time touring the country memorializing Martin Luther King Jr., then receiving the Pope. Lott's no fool -- the Mississipian can no doubt easily imagine the scene as the Pontiff arrives to comfort the popular President while he himself is mired in a failing prosecution. Lott wants to rewrite the script...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Senate May Try to Cut Short Impeachment Trial | 12/31/1998 | See Source »

...that the reasons for white Mississipion opposition have been stated, we can go further to establish the reasons for incidents of violence on the part of Mississippians. I think this can be explained quite simply. It is obvious that the white Mississipian had his back to the wall. His beliefs and the way of life had been challenged and he was forced to take some action. Since the members of the Project had caused such heated opposition against themselves, when action was to be taken, the rational Mississippian was pushed into the background. Under these circumstances, it was surprising that...

Author: By John Rover, | Title: The Failure of the Mississippi Project | 12/14/1964 | See Source »

Eight years ago Mississipian Bill Higgs graduated from Harvard Law School with modest grades, unpretentious ambitions, and an unshaken faith in racism. He served an Army stint and disappeared quietly into a Jackson, Mississippi law practice. Today he is one of Washington's most militant lobbyists for integration, an attorney for SNCC, and the author of several titles of the present civil rights bill. As his close friend, Roy Wilkins, noted here last week: "When a Southerner changes, he's very thorough about...

Author: By Curtis Hessler, | Title: Bill Higgs | 3/4/1964 | See Source »

...desecration of a Confederate flag by covering it with obscene and indecent words should bring every Mississipian to his feet," he declared...

Author: By Lawrence W. Feinberg, | Title: Ole Miss Student Drops Charges Against Anti-Segregationist Artist | 4/23/1963 | See Source »

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