Post by Admin on Jul 5, 2020 6:40:41 GMT -5
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I deplore revisionist history, but the question begs,
WTF were they thinking in the first place !
Katherine Hafner
The Virginian-Pilot
As a Mississippi senator, John C. Stennis signed the infamous “Southern Manifesto” decrying integration. He fought black equality in the Navy and, as a prosecutor, sought execution for three black men who’d been tortured into confessing.
n the piece, titled “The Case for Renaming the USS John C. Stennis,” Green outlines the former Democratic senator’s history as a white supremacist and urges the Navy to rename the ship.
I deplore revisionist history, but the question begs,
WTF were they thinking in the first place !
Katherine Hafner
The Virginian-Pilot
As a Mississippi senator, John C. Stennis signed the infamous “Southern Manifesto” decrying integration. He fought black equality in the Navy and, as a prosecutor, sought execution for three black men who’d been tortured into confessing.
n the piece, titled “The Case for Renaming the USS John C. Stennis,” Green outlines the former Democratic senator’s history as a white supremacist and urges the Navy to rename the ship.