| − | As the [[Governors of Georgia|governor of Georgia]], Talmadge was a racist ''[[progressive]]'' who enacted a [[sales tax]] and fought efforts to integrate public schools. He raged against the 1954 [[U.S. Supreme Court]] ruling ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' and soon wrote a book called ''You and Segregation''. | + | As the [[Governors of Georgia|governor of Georgia]], Talmadge was a racist ''[[progressive]]'' who enacted a [[sales tax]] and fought efforts to integrate public schools. He raged against the 1954 [[U.S. Supreme Court]] ruling ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' and soon wrote a book called ''You and Segregation''. Talmadge had furthermore attempted to fight school desegregation by ordering them to be closed. |