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====1946 voter suppression, denial of Senate readmission, subsequent death====
====1946 voter suppression, denial of Senate readmission, subsequent death====
[[File:Allen Joseph Ellender.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Democratic Sen. [[Allen Ellender]] defended Bilbo during the Senate investigation.]]
In 1946, after four white men beat a black Army veteran for attempting to register to vote, Senator Bilbo delivered a radio address urging every "every red-blooded American who believes in the superiority and integrity of the white race to get out and see that no n***** votes."<ref>"Theodore G. Bilbo and the Decline of Public Racism," p. 20.</ref> Subsequently, violent voter suppression became rampant in the primary as white Mississippi Democrats formed mobs twice preventing a group of black veterans, including Medgar Evers, from voting in Decatur. In true Democratic tradition, Bilbo won the rigged primary election with 51% in a four way contest.
In 1946, after four white men beat a black Army veteran for attempting to register to vote, Senator Bilbo delivered a radio address urging every "every red-blooded American who believes in the superiority and integrity of the white race to get out and see that no n***** votes."<ref>"Theodore G. Bilbo and the Decline of Public Racism," p. 20.</ref> Subsequently, violent voter suppression became rampant in the primary as white Mississippi Democrats formed mobs twice preventing a group of black veterans, including Medgar Evers, from voting in Decatur. In true Democratic tradition, Bilbo won the rigged primary election with 51% in a four way contest.