Word: nigras
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Dates: during 1948-1948
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South Carolina's coon-shouting Senator Olin Johnston, who stayed away from Washington's Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner because his wife was afraid she might be seated next to a "Nigra" (TIME, March 1), announced this week that he would nominate Dwight Eisenhower for President at the Democratic National Convention. This brought up two questions which probably won't be answered until the week of July 12: 1) Could the convention be stampeded into nominating Eisenhower? 2) Would Ike accept...
...heart bleeds for poor Senatah [Olin] Johnston [TIME, March 1]. It's a cryin' shame that the poor man had to miss $100 worth of capon and champagne just because his poor Tie wife was too good to be seen in the same room with a "Nigra...
...Mayflower, there was one empty table. Although South Carolina's Senator Olin Johnston, a coon-shouting white-supremacy man, had bought ten tickets, he and his guests stayed away, he said, because his wife feared that she might have to sit next to a "Nigra." (There were three Negroes at the dinner; they sat at one table-in the rear.) Senator Johnston sent an emissary to make sure that nobody else sat at his table. He ate dinner at home, helped his wife dish up the vittles, and called in photographers to record the touching scene...