James Eastland
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title:
James Eastland
text:
James Oliver Eastland was an American attorney, plantation owner, and politician from Mississippi. A Democrat, he served in the United States Senate in 1941 and again from 1943 until his resignation on December 27, 1978. Eastland was a segregationist who led the Southern resistance against racial integration during the civil rights movement, often speaking of African Americans as "an inferior race." Eastland has been called the "Voice of the White South" and the "Godfather of Mississippi Politic
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American politician (1904–1986)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Eastland
date created:
2002-07-31T09:02:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T11:14:23Z
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