• banneryear1868@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    There were still staunch Democrat segregationsts well into the early 70s, famously Wallace and Maddox. Wallace was Alabama governor until '68 and Maddox Georgia governor until '71.

    • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Yeah, I suppose. Hard to believe him and RFK were in the same party. I guess I haven’t thought much about what that means, if anything. At any rate, the path to change the DNC is from within, as Bernie did.