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Alabama

eppur_se_muova

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2. I was born in AL in 1960 and I don't think I ever heard of this guy.

Reply to SouthBayDem (Original post)

Sun Jun 6, 2021, 10:39 PM

Jun 2021

He may have left a toxic legacy, but evidently not a long list of accomplishments or a strong party infrastructure. Or maybe Wallace -- who was at least as loud and brash -- just outshone him, if that's really the word.

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I was born in AL in 1960 and I don't think I ever heard of this guy. eppur_se_muova Jun 2021 #2