Ex-prez to speak at Winter event

Former President Bill Clinton will be among the speakers May 3 in a ceremony at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson honoring the lives of former Gov. William Winter and First Lady Elise Winter. Clinton’s tenure as Arkansas' governor overlapped with Winter’s term 1980-84. As president, Clinton appointed Winter to co-chair his Initiative on Race that dealt with the issue of racial reconciliation. The William Winter Institute of Racial Reconciliation, now the Alluvial Collective, also was created at the University of Mississippi. Also speaking at the event sponsored by the Foundation for Mississippi History will be Reuben Anderson, the state’s first African American Supreme Court justice, and former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour. Winter died in December 2020 at the age of 97 . The former first lady died in July 2021 at the age 95. (Source: Mississippi Today 03/25/22) Bill Clinton to speak at ceremony honoring Winters - Mississippi Today