Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140411:08:02:00
Established by law something they called the mississippi state sovereignty commission. in 1956 the legislature in mississippi passed and then governor j.p. coleman signed a law creating the sovereignty commission for the purpose of defying the federal government and specifically of preserving racial segregation in mississippi. the sovereignty commission's work included spying on the citizens of mississippi and on outside activists who joined them in pushing for civil rights in the state. they collected their photographs and they found out their names and they compiled intelligence reports on t...