Civil rights museum plan draws hope, suspicion
The Commercial Appeal
February 21, 2011
MISSISSIPI--Not all lawmakers are convinced a Mississippi civil rights museum will finally get off the ground, despite the speed at which a proposal is making its way through the Legislature. Rep. Jim Evans says he still remembers how the museum project was first broached by lawmakers in 2006, then taken over and, many lawmakers think, abandoned by Republican Gov. Haley Barbour. Barbour, mulling a presidential run in 2012, is again supporting the project. A bill that has passed the House would provide $55 million to construct a civil rights museum and an adjacent state history museum a few blocks from the Capitol. [link]
February 21, 2011
MISSISSIPI--Not all lawmakers are convinced a Mississippi civil rights museum will finally get off the ground, despite the speed at which a proposal is making its way through the Legislature. Rep. Jim Evans says he still remembers how the museum project was first broached by lawmakers in 2006, then taken over and, many lawmakers think, abandoned by Republican Gov. Haley Barbour. Barbour, mulling a presidential run in 2012, is again supporting the project. A bill that has passed the House would provide $55 million to construct a civil rights museum and an adjacent state history museum a few blocks from the Capitol. [link]
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