Mississippi has exposed a chunk of its ugly past, unsealing some 124,000 pages of documents from its official effort to keep its own version of apartheid alive. The papers from the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission include dossiers on many citizens who were considered civil rights sympathizers. The New York Times reported that the files - from the '50s, '60s, and '70s - also contain memos discussing the possible use of violence against civil rights workers.
Mississippi's Apartheid
Mississippi has exposed a chunk of its ugly past, unsealing some 124,000 pages of documents from its official effort to keep its own version of apartheid alive. The papers from the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission include dossiers on many citizens who were considered civil rights sympathizers. The New York Times reported that the files - from the '50s, '60s, and '70s - also contain memos discussing the possible use of violence against civil rights workers.
