He ran unopposed.
2006: Trent Lott reelected to Senate
2006: Eudora Welty House opens to public
Eudora Welty House in Jackson
Learn more at the Eudora Welty House and Garden website.
2006: Mississippi Commission on Civil Rights Education established by Legislature
2006: Forrest County Circuit Judge Robert Helfrich overturns conviction of Clyde Kennard
After attempting to integrate the University of Southern Mississippi, Kennard was convicted in 1960 on a trumped-up charge of stealing chicken feed.