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"I said Georgia
Ooh Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song
Keeps #Georgia on my mind"

— Ray Charles

#TheLilyWhiteMovement
Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865-1968 amazon.com/dp/1107158435/…
Why African Americans left the Republican Party

"This decline can be attributed to a general upswing in Lily-White challenges across the South – initiated with President Herbert Hoover’s blessing ."

broadstreet.blog/2020/09/14/the…
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"I said Georgia
Ooh Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song
Keeps #Georgia on my mind"

—Ray Charles

Until you understand why #AfricanAmericans left the Republican Party, you will never understand the Republican Party.

#TheLilyWhiteMovement
"Father characterized the promoters of the warfare as THIEVES."

"Father asked no quarter in the coming struggle and would give none. The White Republicans, angered, attempted to influence the colored delegates to split on the color question."

25 years AFTER the Civil War.
132 years ago ...

"However, in 1888, the struggle was begun by the organization of "white Republican clubs," for the purpose of controlling the county conventions"

blackconservative360.blogspot.com/2020/02/maud-c…
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The White Supremacist Who Invented Black-on-Black Crime, and The Black Conservative Who Debunked him.

Frederick Ludwig Hoffman vs. Dr. Kelly Miller

#BlackLivesMatter
#TheLilyWhiteMovement
#RaceWars

gutenberg.org/files/31279/31…
“Since it is so likely that [black] children will meet cruel enemies [white supremacist, bigots, and racist] let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.” — C. S. Lewis

"Black children must be allowed to be children, regarded as children, protected as children, and forgiven for mistakes children will make."
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