C.O.R.E. Honors Haley Barbour

December 21, 2005-The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) has chosen Mississippi Governor and former Republican national chairman Haley Balbour to honor at its Martin Luther King, Jr., Day ceremony. Civil Rights activists have criticized Barbour for his defense of the Confederate emblem on the state flag, and noted Barbour’s connection to the neo-Confederate Council of Conservative Citizens. Other recent CORE “Martin Luther King� honorees include White House advisor Karl Rove and Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tennessee).
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