I'm not sure if anyone has heard of this news story or not, but recently the White supremacist group Sons of Confederate Veterans has proposed a state-issued license plate that would honor Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. The governor has said that he won't allow the plate to be issued, but I still think it's an interesting story. Here's a link to an article that talks about it, including some of the history behind it: http://www.pslweb.org/liberationnews/news/mississippi-kkk-license-plate.html
The article does discuss the fact that Governor Barbour has in the past supported holidays that honor important dates of the Confederacy, and originally said that he would not "denounce" the proposed plate. It was only in reaction to "public outroar" that Barbour retracted his support for the plate. I think his original statements and past actions are pretty frightening. I think if I was a Black person in a state governed by a man supporting a movement that was committed to terror, intimidation, slavery, racial subordination, and outright murder, I don't think I would feel safe. I'm wondering what the rest of the class has to say about this.
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