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In case you were wondering...


Guest Friday, December 13, 2002 at 2:59 PM

...why Trent Lott got himself into so much trouble for endorsing the 1948 presidential campaign of Strom Thurmond, perhaps this quote will shed some light on the subject:

"All the laws of Washington and all the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, into our schools, our churches and our places of recreation and amusement."

-- Strom Thurmond, 1948


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