Shelia Byrd, Associated PressHomeGov. Haley Barbour Apologizes to Activists Arrested in MississippiMississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has apologized to dozens of civil rights activists who were carted off to the state’s notorious Parchman prison in the 1960s for attempting to desegregate interstate travel.May 23, 2011Students‘Freedom Riders’: The Fight To End SegregationFilmmaker Stanley Nelson says his new documentary about the courageous activists who defiantly opposed the 1960s segregation of the South may help inspire a new generation of youth.December 21, 2010African-AmericanMississippi Still Lacks Civil Rights MuseumMississippi bred some of the worst violence of the civil rights era, yet nearly a half-century after a barrage of atrocities pricked the conscience of America, it’s one of the few civil rights battleground states with no museum to commemorate the era.December 1, 2010African-AmericanCensus Undercount Feared in Poorest U.S. AreasAs the U.S. Census Bureau prepares to wrap up its door-to-door count across the country next week, there are some who worry many may have been missed.July 6, 2010Page 1 of 1
