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Eric Rauchway

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(I know it's in vogue to hate on John Kennedy, and he was personally unpleasant, but credit where due: he was the sort of politician who would go to Mississippi to give a speech in which he expressed support for school desegregation.)

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Dr. M.A. Davis's avatar Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social
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I wonder what (say) Humphrey's map would have looked like. A good Protestant but The Enemy for white racists.

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Dr. M.A. Davis's avatar Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social
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can't leave out anti-Catholicism, I think - and of course the two often went hand-in-hand!

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