Word: lintheads
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...action, tomorrow you would be walking along with Negroes to the ballot box. I am not . . . in favor of social or political equality of the white and black races. I believe in action, and not mere words." Bull-necked Governor Johnston, 47, is a tough, chunky six-footer, a "linthead" (he worked in cotton mills as a boy), and was a front-line sergeant in World War I. Beside him, Cotton Ed seemed aged and tired. In one appearance, Cotton Ed spoke a few minutes, then played a recording of a speech he made six years ago. The audience...
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