“The white people of the South do not have race prejudice. They have race consciousness, and they are proud to possess this awareness of the significance of race. Had they not possessed it, the South would have been mongrelized and southern civilization destroyed long ago.”
Simkin, John (September 1997). "James Eastland" http://spartacus-educational.com/USAeastland.htm <br class="br">Speech in the United States Senate after the Brown v. Board of Education landmark court decision (27th May, 1954) <br class="br">1950s
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