Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Strom Thurmond" in English language version.
It was to change from being open racists, like Thurmond and Wallace, to using code words like forced busing and affirmative action instead of openly racist words.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)Evidently she is eligible: Senator Thurmond, once a fierce segregationist, was a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a similar group for men.
Both senators have opposed the Administration on such matters as civil rights...
The South Carolina that produced John C. Calhoun, "Pitchfork" Ben Tillman and the Dixiecrat version of Strom Thurmond hasn't totally receded — the whispers and worries about Haley's Sikh heritage underscore that — and it certainly isn't getting any less conservative in the short term.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)State newspapers, historically unfailingly supportive of Thurmond, are starting to focus on his age.
...Butler was born in 1909 or 1910. The only way the conclusion of statutory rape could be avoided is if Butler was born no later than early January 1909, and conception occurred just after her sixteenth birthday.
He finally publicly recanted his racist positions of 1948.
First, I will send to the Senate my nomination of LeRoy Collins to be Director of the Community Relations Service. Governor Collins will bring the experience of a long career of distinguished public service to the task of helping communities solve problems of human relations through reason and commonsense.
And Dr. Thomas Barton, a Clemson Tiger; Mayor Bill Workman, and Senator Strom Thurmond.
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