
Pickering Firm Inc. recently added Craig Parker, EI, in the firm’s Biloxi office as a civil engineer intern. Parker received a bachelor of science in civil engineering from the University of South Alabama in Mobile. [...]
JACKSON- Former Mississippi governor William Winter says politics had nothing to do with Gov. Haley Barbour’s decision to push for a civil rights museum in Jackson. [...]
JACKSON- Former Mississippi governor William Winter reflects on his career and his work with the Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation. [...]
JACKSON- Former Mississippi governor William Winter reflects on his career and his work with the Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation. [...]

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by Associated Press Published: February 18,2011
Tags: 150th anniversary of the Civil War, B.B. King Museum and Interpretive Center, Bolton, civil rights, Civil rights museum, Gov. Haley Barbour, Indianola, Jim Evans, Meridian, Mississippi, Racism, Rep. Greg Snowden, Rep. Omeria Scott, Sen. Hillman Frazier, Walter Robinson
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. Their doubts can be heard in floor debate and committee meetings. Rep. Jim Evans, a black Democrat from Jackson, told his colleagues last week, "Let’s [...] [...]