2 Comments TIL the George Wallace, infamous segregationist, renounced his views, endorsed civil rights, and won his final election with 90% of the black vote by whatilearned August 26, 2022, 3:15 pm 11 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL Justice Frankfurter disliked Chief Justice Vinson to such a degree that when the issue of segregation came before the Court and Chief Justice Vinson, a segregationist, suddenly died; Frankfurter remarked on it as: “the first solid piece of evidence I’ve ever had that there really is a God” by whatilearned March 8, 2022, 8:00 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
10 Comments TIL: In 1989, the football team of Mississippi segregationist private school Heritage Academy added the first black player in their football conference of “seg” academies. Two schools forfeited rather than play the school with a black reserve running back. by whatilearned October 26, 2021, 11:55 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
6 Comments TIL that during the Civil Rights Movement, Louis Armstrong “blew his top” in an interview about the segregationist governor of Arkansas, referring to him as a “motherfucker” and singing an F-bomb-laced rendition of the national anthem. by whatilearned August 1, 2021, 1:21 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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