Dec 9, 2010: KKK Wedding

Adak · 12-11-2010, 10:17 AM

Yes, the KKK was a vigilante group. They didn't JUST lynch blacks, but blacks were their most frequently killed victim. For whites, an obvious warning of a burned cross, or a "trip to the woods" for a bit of "learnin'", was generally quite sufficient.

Their efforts in the 50's and 60's, mirrored the deep loss they felt as the wave of civil rights and integration became more of a reality.

Lamplighter · 12-11-2010, 10:44 AM

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<snip>* I spent a few years in the Deep South, when integration was still the law of the land (early 50's).
I learned all about Democrats, at that time.
I did support Clinton for President, because he was experienced at running things (former Governor),
and smart (a former Rhodes Scholar).

Was this a typo/brain fart ?

I don't understand, unless you are exquisitely fine-cutting your words.
Brown vs Board of Education was 1954, just as an example

Adak · 12-12-2010, 03:01 PM

Integration was the law, but it was not fully integrated into society. We still had "colored" entrances and water fountains and such.

This was before all the rest of the civil rights acts, and activities.

Johnson was not a president I really admired, but in the area of civil rights legislation, he was an amazing champion - he left the Northern liberals with their mouths catching fly's, on this.

All the more amazing, was that he was from a former Confederate state (Texas).

Lamplighter · 12-12-2010, 03:42 PM

Groan...

12-11-2010, 10:17 AM	#1
Adak Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 796	Yes, the KKK was a vigilante group. They didn't JUST lynch blacks, but blacks were their most frequently killed victim. For whites, an obvious warning of a burned cross, or a "trip to the woods" for a bit of "learnin'", was generally quite sufficient. Their efforts in the 50's and 60's, mirrored the deep loss they felt as the wave of civil rights and integration became more of a reality.

12-12-2010, 03:01 PM	#3
Adak Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 796	Integration was the law, but it was not fully integrated into society. We still had "colored" entrances and water fountains and such. This was before all the rest of the civil rights acts, and activities. Johnson was not a president I really admired, but in the area of civil rights legislation, he was an amazing champion - he left the Northern liberals with their mouths catching fly's, on this. All the more amazing, was that he was from a former Confederate state (Texas).

12-12-2010, 03:42 PM	#4
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Groan...

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