MS Moments 230 Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Reuben Anderson

Published: Jan. 18, 2011, 9:03 p.m.

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The first African American Mississippi Supreme Court Justice, Reuben Anderson, remembers the racial climate of 1960s Mississippi. At Tougaloo College, he was inspired by the activism around him. He looks back on his career and his beginnings as a civil rights lawyer.

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