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Barbour balance of national hopes and Mississippi history
Mississippi governor Haley Barbour presides at a pivotal moment as a potential GOP nominee. The article notes his efforts to address Mississippi’s segregated past, his disputed comments about Civil Rights era violence, and his youth in a state torn by desegregation battles. It also details his college years at Ole Miss, his early political work, and his path to the presidency bid.
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Jackson
Miss
Haley Barbour
Mississippi
Mayberry
Barbour
Associated Press
Rufus Straughter
Straughter
The
Yazoo City
University of Mississippi
James Meredith
Ole Miss
Peter M. Robinson
Stanford University
Hoover Institution
Cleveland Donald Jr
Donald
University of Connecticut
Oxford
Charles Eagles
Richard Nixon