Theodore G. Bilbo, a Democrat, had twice been governor of Mississippi before he served in the U.S. Senate from 1935 to 1947, when “the growing intolerance among many whites toward public racism and anti-Semitism” led to his fall, according to an account in the Journal of Mississippi History. An equal-opportunity racist, he addressed some of […]
New York City has gone on high alert in the wake of the racially motivated shooting in Buffalo with the NYPD reportedly deploying officers to black places of worship across the city as a precautionary measure Saturday evening. ‘Nypd deploying extra units across city including houses of worship/Black churches as a precaution,’ WNBC reporter Jonathan Dienst […]