Word: segregationists
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...member of the school board in segregationist Sumter County (Ga.) from 1955 to 1962, Carter was regarded as "liberal" by other board members, yet went along with policies that blatantly discriminated against black pupils and teachers. But he also fought-unsuccessfully-to consolidate the county's schools and thus integrate them...
...disliked the tussle and compromise of the senate and considered himself more of an executive, so he jumped into the gubernatorial race in 1966. Coming almost from nowhere, he finished a respectable third in the primary that was ultimately won by ax-handle-wielding Segregationist Lester Maddox. For Carter, that campaign was only a warmup. To prepare for the race four years ahead, he steeped himself in the history of Georgia, pored over state budgets and education bills, shook all the hands that he could find...
Beyond exploiting class resentments, the Carter campaign cozied up to the state's segregationists. He never made remarks that could be interpreted as racist, but he visited one of the private academies that had sprung up in response to integration, and he paid a call on a notorious segregationist publisher who subsequently endorsed him. Carter said that he would permit George Wallace to speak at the state house, and he had kind words for Maddox, who was running for Lieutenant Governor. Many white liberals in Georgia were aghast; they have never forgiven...
...when Farmington members voted overwhelmingly to uphold the club's racial rules (TIME, Feb. 9), Hereford hung on, hoping that the Farmington board of directors would reject the vote. But after the board failed to do so, Hereford said he could no longer accept the club's "segregationist policy" and quit. Eighteen other club members joined Hereford in handing in their resignations, including Jill Rinehart, a Charlottesville councilwoman and wife of the president of Farmington...
Carter is really a disguised segregationist...