2006-11-30 01:59:41 · 6 answers · asked by juda 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Strom Thurmond, who ran for president in 1948 did so on a pro-segregation platform. Trent Lott has been affiliated with him although he has not necessarily been labelled as such, although he did say that he voted for him and that he was proud of it.
WLBT (a radio station in Jackson, MS) had its licence revoked in 1969 for racial bias.
William Rhenquist and Jesse Helms.
John Patterson in 1958 ran for office in Alabama with the backing of the KKK.
George Wallace (who ran against Patterson) in 1963 delivered his inaugural speech 'segregation now, segregation forever' which was penned by the founder of the KKK. He is the man that blocked the door of the University of Alabama to two enrolled black students, also in 1963.
Byron de la Beckwith, the infamous murderer of Medgar Evers.
2006-11-30 02:30:38 · answer #1 · answered by KED 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
KED, how did Trent Lott vote for Thurmond? He was too young when he ran for President and He lives in Mississippi not SC.
Most Americans (black and white, rich and poor, northerners and southerners) favored segregation until the 1950's. It was a this time when the issue bagan to be discussed publically on a grand scale. Many Americans began to talk and think about it at this time. Before then, it was taken for granted, without any real public awareness to the morality of segrated public institutions.
With regards to the KKK, it has gone through many changes since 1868, not all of its practices were considered bad. In its height, in the early 1900's, The majority of Americans(mostly, but not all, were white), held membership in the klan. This includes most politicians and many prominent citizens. The Klan helped put Grover Cleveland in office, though he denounced having membership. The current factions of the klan are very different and given the klan an evil image so deep, that it may never be able to correct.
2006-11-30 02:53:54 · answer #2 · answered by Scott C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Dixon, Ben Tillman, Furnifold Simmions. Some say even Woodrow Wilson who was a friend of Thomas Dixon at Johns Hopkins University. Dixon wrote the book The Clansman: An Histroical Romance of the Klu Klux Klan that would eventually become the film Birth of A Nation which was screened at the White House for Wilson
2006-11-30 06:00:42 · answer #3 · answered by joemommasan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Number one is George Wallace of Alabama. Then there was Strom thurmon, but he actually had a black daughter whom he supported through college, so he landed up being a very wimpy racist.
2006-11-30 02:08:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, white and black folks who wanted to get money, and also parents who were afraid of the tension and violence
2006-11-30 02:07:36 · answer #5 · answered by Hafeman 5000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ricky lake in the movie hairspray....LOL
2006-11-30 02:06:45 · answer #6 · answered by stacyloaks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋