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Opinion  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 29, 2013

Rep. Bennie Thompson challenges fmr Gov. Haley Barbour on claims of racial progress in MS

Barbour’s record on black voters, office-seekers not subject to revision After reading the former Mississippi governor’s comments about election changes in our state and his bragging about the number of black elected officials we have and his complaints that Mississippi “doesn’t doesn’t get much credit for that, but it has a lot to be proud…
Opinion  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 29, 2013

MS NAACP related charity returns money for improper payment of trips, Chuck E Cheese, iTunes & spa

Black leadership charity agrees to fix spending The agreement with the Mississippi secretary of state was signed Aug. 21 by One Voice board chairwoman Safiya Omari. The agency, which regulates charities, posted the consent order on its website Wednesday. The order says One Voice spent thousands on expenses not related to its stated purpose of…