The Mississippi NAACP is calling Gov. Haley Barbour's renewed interest in building a civil rights museum in the state a political maneuver designed to rehabilitate his reputation on racial issues.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Republican, who is considering a 2012 run in what could be a crowded GOP field, also used his 38-minute State of the State speech to criticize the policies of Obama ...

JACKSON, Miss. -- Potential presidential candidate Gov. Haley Barbour -- under fire recently for comments critics claim minimized the problems of Mississippi's civil rights era -- said in his final ...

[The following letter is verbatim from Gov. Barbour to the Civil Rights Museum Federation Committee at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History] It is my understanding that the Civil Rights ...

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour drew mixed reactions from analysts on Wednesday for his decision to push for a civil rights museum for his state ahead of a possible presidential bid. Barbour urged ...

JACKSON, Miss. — State lawmakers on Monday approved a bill authorizing the multimillion-dollar construction of two new Mississippi museums — one devoted to the civil rights struggle and another ...

BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour drew mixed reactions from analysts on Wednesday for his decision to push for a civil rights museum for his state ahead of a possible ...

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour wants state lawmakers to help him build a Civil Rights museum in downtown Jackson, as he attempts to move past rhetorical slip-ups that have landed him in hot water when ...