Word: klan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dollar and the Ku Klux Klan...
...that, they could in part thank Governor John Patterson. A militant segregationist who solicited Ku Klux Klan support in his election campaign, Patterson once said that integration would come to Alabama only "over my dead body." In his inaugural address Patterson declared: "I will oppose with every ounce of energy I possess and will use every power at my command to prevent any mixing of white and Negro races in the classrooms of this state." Said he as the Freedom Riders approached: "The people of Alabama are so enraged that I cannot guarantee protection for this bunch of rabble-rousers...
...mansion. He gained ground fast. With no program of his own to speak of, Patterson made himself the chief critic of the clownish reign of James ("Kissin' Jim") Folsom, the outgoing Governor. Using his attorney general's stationery, Patterson sent out a letter to the Ku Klux Klan mailing list, which declared: "A mutual friend, Mr. R. N. Shelton, of ours, in Tuscaloosa, has suggested that I ask for your support." When it turned out that Shelton was the Grand Dragon of the state Ku Klux Klan, Patterson professed astonishment. Said the Advertiser: "If this innocent, this Fearless...
...Alabama still went for Lyndon Johnson in Los Angeles, but Patterson got his reward this spring when Charles M. Meriwether, his old campaign manager, was nominated by Kennedy as a director of the Export-Import Bank. Meriwether was eventually confirmed by the Senate despite reports of connections with the Klan...
...General Kennedy had all the authority he needed to send FBI agents, marshals, or even Army troops to the troubled state. That authority rested in Section 333 of the Armed Forces Code-which derived from an 1871 Insurrection Act that was designed as a legal antidote against Ku Klux Klan rampaging. Section 333 authorizes the President to use "any means" to suppress "insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination or conspiracy" if state officials are unable or unwilling to offer citizens the protection of the law. The section has been used only three times. During the Reconstruction era, Ulysses S. Grant declared...