City leaders, Miss Arkansas Ebony Mitchell work to overcome racist stigma tied to Harrison

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HARRISON, Ark. - "The most racist city in America." It’s a stigma that residents and leaders in the city of Harrison, Arkansas, are aware of and have been trying to eliminate for many decades.

"It's not only not true, but it's such an opposite of what the truth is," Harrison Mayor Jerry Jackson said.

Harrison community working to change historical reputation

Jackson believes part of the city's racist reputation dates to the 1980s, when Thomas Robb, the national director of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, moved to the area after replacing former grand wizard David Duke.