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White Supremacist Dies in a Fire
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Barrett was also an author. "The Commission,” a
self-published book trumpeting his viewpoints, was
published in 1982 by Barrett & Co. Publisher. In the
book he tells how and why he decided to protest
integration in 1954."Nausea hit me in the pit of my stomach. Fear of my
country overshadowed me," he said, remembering
his thoughts after he heard about the U.S. Supreme
Court's decision on Brown vs. the Board of
Education, which ended school segregation."Nature not men decreed that Negroes were
different," he wrote in his book. "Those who mingled
with colored were as much an aberration as the
unwanted bluebird in the redbird's nest and every
bit as disruptive of natural and societal disorder."Barrett ran unsuccessfully for the 2nd
Congressional District seat in 1974 and again in
1984. He was a candidate for Mississippi Supreme
Court in 1986, running unsuccessfully against
incumbent Justice Reuben Anderson. During that same year, Barrett also challenged the
constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.In January 1989, Barrett staged a protest to the
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, participating in a
protest march in Atlanta on King’s birthday.