While other states replace Confederate statues in U.S. Capitol, Mississippi keeps two.
Mississippi’s Jefferson Davis statue has new neighbor in U.S. Capitol: Arkansas civil rights leader by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today May 15, 2024 A week ago, Arkansas officials unveiled a new statue at the National Statuary Hall to represent the state, civil rights leader Daisy Bates. Her statue now stands next to Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, one of two statues representing Mississippi.
George, who fought in the Civil War and later became the charging force in disenfranchising Black Mississippians through the 1890 state constitution and restoring “white supremacy” to government. James K. Vardaman, the racist governor and U.S. senator who aided George in that fight, said the constitution was adopted “for no other purpose than to eliminate the n----- from politics.” White supremacy had to be maintained, even if it meant every Black Mississippian had to be lynched, he said.
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