- The Congressional Black Caucus chairwoman said Mississippi’s governor is “clearly despicable” for not acknowledging work by the state’s only black congressman to get the home of a slain civil rights leader named a national monument. Democratic Rep. Karen Bass of California told reporters during a conference call Friday that Republican Gov. Phil Bryant explains to reporters the advantages of passing and signing the Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. ( Rogelio V. Solis, File / AP Photo )“I don’t know much about the governor of Mississippi, but he is clearly despicable,” Bass said. The Evers family donated the home to historically black Tougaloo in 1993, and it is open by appointment for tours.

Source: thestar March 16, 2019 02:30 UTC