I love The Rude Pundit and his ability to be Rude. I wish I had his imagination...check this post out.
Regarding Haley Barbour's recent "mishap/gaffe" about how he remembers the Civil Rights Era, "not being that bad", The Pundit (also a southerner) gives us this....
In 1955, parents of schoolkids in Yazoo City had signed an NAACP petition calling for schools to be integrated. The White Citizens' Council published the names, addresses, and phone numbers of all those who had signed in an ad in the local newspaper, saying it was a "public service." Medgar Evers' widow, Myrlie, stated how this act essentially killed the possibility of change in Yazoo City since those listed, like carpenters and plumbers, saw their incomes plunge. A grocer on the list couldn't get food from his wholesale suppliers. Local white merchants inflated the price of bread to those who had signed. The Citizens' Council asked its members to fire any black employees or evict any black tenants who signed. All but two parents eventually removed their names from the petition.
For those of you who don't do Rude, don't click....you won't be happy. For those of you who find him imaginative, intelligent and correct, do yourself a favor and stop by regularly.
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