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segregationist

se gruh gay shuh nist

  • n  someone who believes the races should be kept apart

  • In the state capital of Baton Rouge, segregationist Governor Jimmie Davisa smudged, folk-singing carbon of Arkansas' Orval Faubusguided his legislature through a stormy .
  • Subjective criticism of his judicial talents, a 22-year-old racist speech, and other evidence of a segregationist past are considered insufficient reason to reverse the Senate .
  • The campaign says in a statement that Obama doesn't believe McCain or his policy criticism is in any way comparable to George Wallace or his segregationist policies.
News & Articles

  • MSNBC Mistaken History: Segregationist George Wallace Was A Republican? (UPDATED)
    Former Alabama Governor George Wallace was many things: segregationist, lawyer, Methodist. But one thing he most certainly was not: a Republican. But during a segment of last night's All In on MSNBC, a chyron mistakenly identified the well-known racist governor as a member of the GOP, despite his longstanding affiliation with the Democratic Party of that era.
    June 12, 2013 - Mediaite
  • Video: 50th anniversary of an American civil rights milestone
    This is the 50th anniversary of a milestone in America's civil rights movement when segregationist governor George Wallace was forced by the Kennedy administration to comply with a court order and admit black students to the all-white University of Alabama. Scott Pelley reports.
    June 12, 2013 - CBS News
Quotes

  • Essie Mae Washington-Williams in International Herald Tribune
    In spite of the fact he was a segregationist, he did many wonderful things for black people ...... I'm not sure that Reverend Sharpton is aware of all the things he did,said Essie Mae Washington-Williams, who was in South Carolina for a...
  • Fernando Lugo in Irish Times
    Today is the end of an exclusive Paraguay, a segregationist Paraguay, a notoriously corrupt Paraguay,Mr Lugo said. "Today begins the history of a Paraguay whose authorities will be implacable with thieves."

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