Blackface Photo Brings Apology
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan apologized Monday for appearing in blackface at a minstrel show 39 years ago and lashed out at Republicans for unearthing a 1960 photo of the performance.
“I certainly regret my participation in this kind of theater, and I sincerely and readily apologize for my insensitivity of 39 years ago,” said Carnahan, a Democrat who is challenging Republican Sen. John Ashcroft for his Senate seat in 2000.
Carnahan, 65, said he should be judged on his record, including legislative sponsorship of a state civil rights law in 1965 and the appointment of the first black Missouri Supreme Court judge in 1995.
That judge, Ronnie White, was rejected for a federal judgeship on Oct. 5 after Ashcroft told the Senate that White was soft on the death penalty and “pro-criminal.”
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