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I Was a Violent Klansman Who Deserved to Die
Yet at the height of my segregationist fervor, God showed me mercy.
Thomas Tarrants
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came of age in the early 1960s, when America was entering a period of
political, social, and cultural upheaval. Mobile, Alabama, where I was
raised, had been segregated since its founding in 1702. In 1963,
reacting to the federally mandated desegregation of Alabama’s public
schools, Gov. George Wallace uttered his infamous pledge of “Segregation
now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.” Many white Alabamians,
including me, were fearful and angry. White society was in turmoil ...
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Friday, September 13, 2019
I Was a Violent Klansman Who Deserved to Die
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