[lbo-talk] war critics pardoned

[Jerry Monaco]

On 5/4/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> Dennis Claxton wrote:
>
> >War Critics Pardoned, Nearly 9 Decades Later
>
> But not this victim of the state of Mississippi!
>
> Doug
>
> ----
>
> New York Times - May 4, 2006
>
> Pardon Unlikely for Civil Rights Advocate
> By ADAM LIPTAK
>
> Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi acknowledges that Clyde Kennard
> suffered a grievous wrong at the hands of state officials more than
> 45 years ago. But he says he will not grant a posthumous pardon to
> Mr. Kennard, a black man who was falsely imprisoned after trying to
> desegregate a Mississippi college.
>

Would anyone mind if I made this particular prisoner a folk hero?
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