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Thread #120208   Message #3059262
Posted By: Bobert
22-Dec-10 - 09:23 AM
Thread Name: BS: KKK/Tea Party Day
Subject: RE: BS: KKK/Tea Party Day
Fact: Ol' Haley attended Ol' Miss several after federal marshals had to escort James Meridith to the school to desegregate it...

Fact: Though the black population in Mississippi was over 20% when Ol' Haley was at Ol' Miss the actual black enrollment was less that 1% when Ol' Hale3y went there...

Fact: Yazoo City, Ol' Haley's home town did not desegregate nuntil 16 years after Brown v. Topeka, Board of Education...

Fact: Jeppie Barbour, Ol' Haley's older brother and then mayor of Yazoo City, Ms. only desegregated after being threatened with federal intervention and is quoted as saying, "We don't have much other choice."...

Fact: After the Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision the local Yazoo City KKK tried to change it's image and organized "Citizens Council" which bullied and put pressure on the community to keep schools segregated...

Interpretation: Ol' Haley wouldn't know a fact if it bit him on his ass...

B~