The bronze statue of one of the state’s most notorious racists, former Gov. Theodore Bilbo, is being moved from its utility room in the Capitol to storage in the basement of the Two Mississippi Museums.
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi TodayBilbo moves again: Segregationist’s statue will leave Capitol for Two Museums’ basement by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today December 13, 2022 The bronze statue of one of the state’s most notorious racists, Theodore Bilbo, is being moved from its utility room in the Capitol to storage in the basement of the Two Mississippi Museums.
This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today’s senior capitol reporter, covers politics, government and the Mississippi State Legislature. He also writes a weekly news analysis which is co-published in newspapers statewide. A native of Laurel, Bobby joined our team June 2018 after working for the North Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo since 1984.
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