Flying Squid to Political Memes • 7 months agoThe Alabama attorney general's response to a letter of protest to the grand dragon of the KKK [I claim this counted as a meme in 1976.]imagemessage-square9arrow-up1173arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareFlying SquidOPlink38•7 months agoFor a short time there, Alabama was apparently in the modern era.
minus-square@Bassman1805link18•edit-27 months agoBrief moment when the black vote mostly got ahead of voter disenfranchisement efforts. This wasn’t too long after MLK’s assassination, and Montgomery was a major target of his efforts to increase black voter registration.
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For a short time there, Alabama was apparently in the modern era.
Brief moment when the black vote mostly got ahead of voter disenfranchisement efforts.
This wasn’t too long after MLK’s assassination, and Montgomery was a major target of his efforts to increase black voter registration.