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Lint Head

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5. I'm with you. I grew up in S.C. in the 50s and 60s also.

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 19, 2018, 11:56 PM

Aug 2018

I was called a N lover because I spoke out so much about the racism I saw. It was not unusual to be driving down a rural road and see a KKK rally and a cross burning.

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Saw Blackklansmen today [View all] kimbutgar Aug 2018 OP

I saw it vercetti2021 Aug 2018 #1

I saw it. Same reaction in the theater. brush Aug 2018 #2

Will definitely see it. Grew up in South in 50s and 60s, saw the hatred live and Hoyt Aug 2018 #3

I'm with you. I grew up in S.C. in the 50s and 60s also. Lint Head Aug 2018 #5

I bet we had very similar experiences. Heck, we had a governor in 1960/70s who rose to fame Hoyt Aug 2018 #6

Yes. Most of what you mentioned I experienced. But not the governor rising to fame. When I first got Lint Head Aug 2018 #7

Segregated water fountains... mnhtnbb Aug 2018 #8

Silence, then applause when I saw it. femmedem Aug 2018 #4