The eyes of the nation will be fixed on Rep. Bennie Thompson, Mississippi’s longest-serving member of Congress, as the special committee he chairs holds prime-time hearings regarding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today June 9, 2022 Reuben Anderson, Mississippi’s first African American Supreme Court justice of the modern era, had the responsibility of introducing former President Bill Clinton at the recent memorial ceremony for his longtime friends, Gov. and First Lady William and Elise Winter. Before making that introduction, Anderson said he wanted to recognize"my congressman." He described 2nd District U.S. Rep.
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