[ExI] Mississippi flag

[William Flynn Wallace]

I think maybe the Dept of Justice has improved a bit since those days.  You
know, we don't have to go that far back in history to find things radically
different from today, although what went on in Athens is played out still
all over the world, and maybe still in a few places here.

If you visit Tenn again I'll meet you somewhere.  bill w

On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 3:43 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
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> > *On Behalf Of *William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
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> >…Spike, I was living in the metropolis of Cheneyville. LA. pop. 700 or
> so when an election for U. S. Representative was being held in that parish
> …. but it was the way things were done in the South in the 30s through
> the 50s.  I  wonder what percentage of the Blacks' votes were bought. I am
> guessing very high.  There is talk of campaign irregularities nowadays, but
> they couldn't hold a candle to those in the past.
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> BillW, this video is well worth the 13 minutes I invested in it.  My bride
> and I visited Athens TN on the way to Thorn Hill TN where her great^2
> grandmother is buried.  I remember seeing the historical marker for the
> 1946 event:
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> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=video+battle+of+athens+tn&t=chromentp&atb=v135-1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DU5ut6yPrObw
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> Is that a cool story or what?  The good guys won:
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_(1946)
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