Article: TICKER TAPE.(politician Mike Epsy)(Brief Article)

Confidential: Looming in the forefront of this year's NAACP Spingarn Medal finalists is former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy. Nominated by President Bill Clinton to be the first Black ever in that Cabinet post, the former Mississippi congressman soon had the first Blacks moving into related jobs and long-sought monies going to Black farmers. Progress was halted when he was charged with bribery and resigned. Cleared four years later by a federal jury, Espy is slowly reemerging from the frightening brush with prison. Mississippi Rep. Bennie G. Thompson announced that he will introduce legislation to allow Espy to collect legal fees because of the setback. According to the ...

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