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"Theodore Glimore Bilbo was, is, and evermore shall be God or Satan. He dwelled--dwells-- in heaven or hell, but never in limbo." So wrote A. Wigfall Green almost a quarter of a century ago, and so remains the popular perception of this colorful and controversial symbol of a faded era, though current opinion would tip the scales heavily in favor of the satanic and hellish. Theodore Bilbo is remembered almost exclusively as the Archangel of white Supremacy. His reputation as perhaps the vilest purveyor of racist rhetoric is richly deserved in light of his vehement opposition to the black civil rights movement that emerged during the last years of his career as United States senator from Mississippi. Yet, as Chester Morgan demonstrates in Redneck Liberal, the conventional image of Bilbo as merely a racist demagogue paints only half the picture. Bilbo served a full term in the Senate (1934-1940) before his political career was consumed by racism, and it is that period that is the focus of this study by Morgan.Bilbo's first term in the Senate coincided with Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. Morgan provides a thorough treatment of Bilbo's activities in Washington and his large role in Miss

Author

Chester M Morgan; History E-Book Project

Publisher

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press

Published

1985

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807124321

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir