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Barbour pushes for Mississippi civil rights museum

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 presidential bid.

Barbour urged the state's legislature during an annual address to build the $50 million museum in a state that became notorious during the 1950s and 1960s for violent enforcement of racial segregation and opposition to civil and voting rights.

Barbour, the chairman of the Republican Governor's Association, says he is mulling a bid to be his party's nominee in 2012 where he would likely face President Barack Obama vying for a second term in the White House....
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