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a lot of the new deal programs, the ccc, the pwa, he embraced to bring in new jobs.e was a man of the lower class and helped increase the quality of life. theodore bilbo kept getting reelected and reelected, you know. even with all of his publicity that most of the time was not positive, he kept on getting elected. people may wonder, why? well, in mississippi, of course the only voters were white voters. he wasn't catering to an african-american audience or any other group of voters. because most of the state was rural and poor, those that were benefiting from a lot of his programs. a lot of the state fully supported segregation. a lot of these things were kindred. i also think his personality, his interviews in a bathtub smoking a cigar. that was a lot of the appeal to bilbo and why people kept voting for him. but the end of bilbo's life, he was removed from the senate because of bribery and race relations issues. he died within the next year of cancer soon after his career ended. nowadays, talking to university groups, many people don't know who theodore bilbo was.
a lot of the new deal programs, the ccc, the pwa, he embraced to bring in new jobs.e was a man of the lower class and helped increase the quality of life. theodore bilbo kept getting reelected and reelected, you know. even with all of his publicity that most of the time was not positive, he kept on getting elected. people may wonder, why? well, in mississippi, of course the only voters were white voters. he wasn't catering to an african-american audience or any other group of voters. because...
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May 4, 2016
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it was a female version of the ccc camp. however, eleanor was determined that unlike the ccc camps for men, this particular camp would not be segregated. that was really important to her. since it was a project of hers and it was not located very far from her home it was in the bear mountain area of new york, she would go periodically, unannounced to inspect the camp to see how things were going. she drives up in this convertible coupe, gets out of the car and immediately starts going to the premises. the residents are really excited and they are following her, but polly who is shy and stunned by this unannounced appearance of the first lady, and eleanor has not been first lady for that long she is sitting in a corner in soldier hall which is the dining area of the camp and peering at eleanor behind the newspaper, she is too shy to speak and too shy to introduce herself, there is not direct interaction there but i want to believe that eleanor saw her because eleanor made a practice of counting the number of women of color th
it was a female version of the ccc camp. however, eleanor was determined that unlike the ccc camps for men, this particular camp would not be segregated. that was really important to her. since it was a project of hers and it was not located very far from her home it was in the bear mountain area of new york, she would go periodically, unannounced to inspect the camp to see how things were going. she drives up in this convertible coupe, gets out of the car and immediately starts going to the...
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May 22, 2016
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a lot of the new deal programs, the ccc, he embraced to bring in new jobs. he was a man of the lower class and helped increase the quality -- of life. theodore bilbo kept getting reelected. even with all of his publicity that most of the time was not positive, he kept on getting elected. people may wonder, why? in mississippi, of course only voters were white voters. he wasn't catering to an african-american audience or any other group. because most of the state was rule and -- was rural and poor, those that were benefiting from a lot of his programs. a lot of the state fully supported segregation. a lot of these things -- his personality, his interviews in a bathtub smoking a cigar. that was a lot of the appeal to bilbo and why people kept voting for him. but the end of bilbo's life he was removed from the senate because of bribery and race relations issues. he died within the next year of cancer soon after his career ended. nowadays, talking to university groups, many people don't know who theodore bilbo was. even though theodore bilbo's legacy has fallen t
a lot of the new deal programs, the ccc, he embraced to bring in new jobs. he was a man of the lower class and helped increase the quality -- of life. theodore bilbo kept getting reelected. even with all of his publicity that most of the time was not positive, he kept on getting elected. people may wonder, why? in mississippi, of course only voters were white voters. he wasn't catering to an african-american audience or any other group. because most of the state was rule and -- was rural and...
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programs that were developed to bring us out of the depression, franklin roosevelt had to succumb to republican opposition by hanging little tags on cccvilian conservation corps, wpa, wok progress act, administration, work programs administration. they had a tag on them of white only. in my part of the country, that continued into the 1940s. and when strom thurman bolted from the democratic party to form the states rights party over the issue of integrating the armed services. then we went into the 1950s when we saw the resistance of school integration, when the supreme court handed down brown versus board of education, the decision of 1954, then we came to 1964. when congress passed the civil rights act. strom thurmo strom thurmond and others left the party in response to his opposition to the civil rights act. and we went forward into the 'many 0s over school integration. this has been building for a long, long time, and the american people should tailing a look at what has been going on in this campaign and reflect a bit on our history. and ask ourselves -- do we want to revisit those days? do we want to see the pendulum swing so f
programs that were developed to bring us out of the depression, franklin roosevelt had to succumb to republican opposition by hanging little tags on cccvilian conservation corps, wpa, wok progress act, administration, work programs administration. they had a tag on them of white only. in my part of the country, that continued into the 1940s. and when strom thurman bolted from the democratic party to form the states rights party over the issue of integrating the armed services. then we went into...
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the man. ready for this? no, you can't put it back there. ccc unbelievable.my: no, come on now. >> i need to know what kind of a thing it is. it's both. how can you -- both? >> jimmy: you can. he's right, you can. it's possible. all right, let's go. it is a -- >> when i start this, the clock starts, right? >> jimmy: yeah, we're going to do this. book. movie. it happens. "jungle book." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] we got each other. here's the deal you got to stay up. 'cause you are good at this. you and -- do you want to go, kit? this is the showdown. >> i don't mind. what do you want to do? >> you are better at this. >> okay, you do it. >> jimmy: pick the same clue and give the clue and whoever gets it first wins the whole game. pick a number and get the same clue. >> don't got with this. this one sucks. lll oh, i do know that. >> okay. all right. >> wait a minute, what's the -- okay, i know how to do that. >> jimmy: all right, everybody ready? and go. >> stop. one word. stop. >> jimmy: slap me. wake me. wake me up before you go go. dueling. novocaine. novocain
the man. ready for this? no, you can't put it back there. ccc unbelievable.my: no, come on now. >> i need to know what kind of a thing it is. it's both. how can you -- both? >> jimmy: you can. he's right, you can. it's possible. all right, let's go. it is a -- >> when i start this, the clock starts, right? >> jimmy: yeah, we're going to do this. book. movie. it happens. "jungle book." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] we got each other. here's the deal you got to...