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These new politicians wince in honest horror at old-style racist demagoguery. Mississippi's venomous little Theodore ("The Man") Bilbo stayed in power for more than three decades by such tactics as describing one opponent as "begotten in a nigger graveyard at midnight" or, in defending himself against charges of religious bigotry, by declaring himself in favor of "every damn Jew from Jesus Christ on down...
Such discouraging statistics and pessimistic views do not take into account the electrifying effect that an expanded and more diverse electorate has had on Southern white politicians. Notes Georgia's Congressman Young: "It used to be Southern politics was just 'nigger' politics?a question of which candidate could 'outnigger' the other. Then you registered 10% to 15% in the community, and folks would start saying 'Nigra.' Later you got 35% to 40% registered, and it was amazing how quick they learned how to say 'Nee-grow.' And now that we've got 50%, 60%, 70% of the black votes registered...
...down, saying "Be with you in a minute boys." And then, after hanging up the phone, an explanation: "Sorry for making you boys wait. That was the television people. They want me to go on T.V. but you know damn well all they want to talk about is niggers, the nigger problem...Well, I guess we're always gonna have a nigger problem, boys...
...SOLDIER who was in the trench next to Michael when he was killed wrote to the Mullens and gave them insight into their son's character. "I was the only Black in our squad," Private Willard Polk from Detroit wrote, "and I can honestly say I heard the word Nigger enough to last me a lifetime. You see, I could talk with Michael, he didn't care if you was Black or White. He was a good guy and we both had a great deal of respect for each other...
...plummeted. Instead of letting her children talk at mealtimes, she urged them to read at the table. She treated blacks with no less compassion than whites. She nursed them when they were ill, attended their funerals and tried to bring them into her church. "I've been called a nigger lover all my life," she told TIME Correspondent Stanley Cloud recently in Plains. "I have even had eggs thrown at me." At 68, Miss Lillian joined the Peace Corps and worked as a nurse for two years in India. Today, at 78, she lives in Plains and cares for Jimmy...