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Big Sarge · 10-01-2012, 10:42 PM

My son, when he was a columnist for the Daily Mississippian, had the honor of interviewing James Meredith. Meredith really seems to be a humble man and never exploited his experiences commercially. BTW, my son was the 4th generation of my family to graduate from the University of Mississippi.

In the Deep South, we had Dixie-crats. These were the hard line segregationists in the Democratic Party. They were still a force to be reckonned with while I was in high school. I can well remember the marches and rallies by both sides.

In the eyes of my community, the Democrats did stand for the "white man" and the Old Ways until the 1980's when the parties seem to flip-flop. My family became Republicans in the 1950's and have remained so

10-01-2012, 10:42 PM	#6
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	My son, when he was a columnist for the Daily Mississippian, had the honor of interviewing James Meredith. Meredith really seems to be a humble man and never exploited his experiences commercially. BTW, my son was the 4th generation of my family to graduate from the University of Mississippi. In the Deep South, we had Dixie-crats. These were the hard line segregationists in the Democratic Party. They were still a force to be reckonned with while I was in high school. I can well remember the marches and rallies by both sides. In the eyes of my community, the Democrats did stand for the "white man" and the Old Ways until the 1980's when the parties seem to flip-flop. My family became Republicans in the 1950's and have remained so __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.