The grand irony, however, is that Southern segregation was not brought to an end, nor redneck violence dramatically reduced, by violence.
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Power, privilege, and violence are not, and never were, strictly Southern issues in America.
Racial segregation in the South not only separated the races, but it separated the South from the rest of the country.
The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.
We should not forget that in the '60s, George Wallace's motto was 'segregation forever,' and that he did nothing to deter bombings and other acts of violence and, by his actions, condoned them.
Growing up in Georgia, it was sort of the last place to jump on the bandwagon of the integrated frontier. I have aunts and uncles and grandparents that experienced the 'whites only' and segregated schools.
The most ironic outcome of the black Civil Rights movement has been the creation of a new black middle class which is increasingly separate from the black underclass.
An awful lot of people come to college with this strange idea that there's no longer segregation in America's schools, that our schools are basically equal; neither of these things is true.
I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.
Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.
Being so closely related to the South, barbecue was part of segregation and helped defeat it.
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