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Steven Dennis @StevenTDennis
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Senator Richard Russell's rationale for opposing bills to ban lynching and poll taxes, as told by Robert Caro, is stunning to read in 2018 erenow.com/biographies/ma…
In other news, Kamala Harris and other senators have introduced a bill to make lynching a federal crime:
Caro wrote Richard Russell warned civil rights legislation would "destroy the WHITE civilization of the South."
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