hugo black

hugo black
Anndee
on September 17, 2023
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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 17, 1971 Former Ku Klux Klan member and Democrat U.S. Senator Hugo Black (D-AL) retires from U.S. Supreme Court; appointed by FDR in 1937, he had defended Klansmen for racial murdersism from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, President Dwight Eisenhower deploys the 82nd Airborne Division to Little Rock, AR to force Democrat Governor Orval Faubus to integrate public schools
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    MAFury
    Well, I am well over 70 yrs and never knew Black was KKK member. My education is so, lacking. Must admit since I was in the 5th grade fun reading for me was military history, Especially WWII, the officers and men of the era.
    • September 17, 2023