THEODORE G. BILBO
(Theodore Gilmore Bilbo)
Bilbo was one of the worst racists who ever served in the Congress.
Bilbo was one of the worst racists who ever served in the Congress.
Bilbo was one of the worst racists who ever served in the Congress.
The logic train from mixed blood to why lynching should not be prohibited is obscure but in filibusters Senators tended to just repeat all of their stump speeches or anything else because they had to keep talking.
Bilbo was one of the worst racists who ever served in the Congress.
Theodore Gilmore Bilbo was an American politician who twice served as governor of Mississippi (1916–20, 1928–32) and later was elected a U.S. Senator (1935–47). A lifelong Democrat, he was a filibusterer whose name was synonymous with white supremacy—like many Southern Democrats of his era, Bilbo believed that black people were inferior; he defended segregation, and was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.