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'''Theodore Gilmore Bilbo''' was a [[Democrat]] [[Senator]] and [[Klansman]] from [[Mississippi]]. He was friends with other [[racist]] Democrats, such as the [[Exalted Cyclops]] [[Robert Byrd]] and [[President]] [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]], the latter of which called him "a real friend of [[liberal]] [[government]]."<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/new-deal-democrats-republican-party/ ''National Review''. Retrieved September 14th, 2020.</ref> He claimed himself to be "100 percent for Roosevelt...and the [[New Deal]]."<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/a-history-of-liberal-white-racism-cont/275129/ ''The Atlantic''. Retrieved September 14th, 2020.</ref> | '''Theodore Gilmore Bilbo''' was a [[Democrat]] [[Senator]] and [[Klansman]] from [[Mississippi]]. He was friends with other [[racist]] Democrats, such as the [[Exalted Cyclops]] [[Robert Byrd]] and [[President]] [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]], the latter of which called him "a real friend of [[liberal]] [[government]]."<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/new-deal-democrats-republican-party/ ''National Review''. Retrieved September 14th, 2020.</ref> He claimed himself to be "100 percent for Roosevelt...and the [[New Deal]]."<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/a-history-of-liberal-white-racism-cont/275129/ ''The Atlantic''. Retrieved September 14th, 2020.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 19:45, October 13, 2020
Theodore Gilmore Bilbo was a Democrat Senator and Klansman from Mississippi. He was friends with other racist Democrats, such as the Exalted Cyclops Robert Byrd and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the latter of which called him "a real friend of liberal government."[1] He claimed himself to be "100 percent for Roosevelt...and the New Deal."[2]
In his book When Jim Crow Met John Bull, Graham Smith referred to a letter Bilbo received from the Exalted Cyclops Robert Byrd when on the 1945 controversy raging over the idea of racially integrating the military.
| “ | Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds. | ” |
He had earlier written Bilbo:
| “ | I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side | ” |
Bilbo told Meet the Press in an August 9th, 1946 interview:
| “ | No man can leave the Klan. He takes an oath not to do that. Once a Ku Klux, always a Ku Klux.[3] | ” |
References
- ↑ https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/new-deal-democrats-republican-party/ National Review. Retrieved September 14th, 2020.
- ↑ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/a-history-of-liberal-white-racism-cont/275129/ The Atlantic. Retrieved September 14th, 2020.
- ↑ Robert L. Fleegler, "Theodore G. Bilbo and the Decline of Public Racism, 1938–1947",The Journal of Mississippi History, Spring 2006.
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