By Ismail Allison
(WASHINGTON D.C., 2/4/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the removal of a statue of white supremacist former Mississippi Gov. Theodore Bilbo from that state’s Capitol.
Bilbo was governor from 1916-20 and 1928-32 and was in the U.S. Senate from 1935 until his death in 1947. He was known for using racist rhetoric.