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re: How the HELL is Troy H. Middleton a reminder of a racist past?
Posted on 6/12/20 at 11:21 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Posted on 6/12/20 at 11:21 am to GreatLakesTiger24
"Stop posting something that goes against my fundamental beliefs on the subject!"
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Posted on 6/12/20 at 11:23 am to Havoc
quote:
Here is one letter dug out of archives from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. It was purportedly written by then LSU president Troy H. Middleton in 1961. It reads:
"Though we did not like it, we accepted Negroes as students, our Negro students have made no attempt to attend social functions. If they did, we would, for example, discontinue the operation of the swimming pool. LSU does not favor whites and Negroes participating together in athletic teams."
Here's the article
Here is why. In a nut shell, he didn't believe in segregation.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 11:25 am to DustyDinkleman
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GreatLakesTiger24
Really put the kabash on this thread
You should have at least finished reading the first page.
quote:
Two years after his retirement, Middleton was appointed by Louisiana’s governor, John McKeithen, as chair of the Commission on Human Relations, Rights, and Responsibilities, a biracial panel aimed at keeping the peace following the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. By 1966, the National Conference of Christians and Jews selected Middleton for its annual brotherhood award. That year, the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters awarded Middleton a bronze plaque, honoring him as the Louisianan of the Year for his accomplishments in racial peace-keeping.
There's a reason he hasn't been back in the thread since this little truth nugget was posted.
This post was edited on 6/12/20 at 11:27 am
Posted on 6/12/20 at 12:40 pm to OleWar
quote:
Black Lives Matter activists at Notre Dame
A 4 year old link?
Posted on 6/12/20 at 12:44 pm to PrivatePublic
quote:
Our Negro students have made no attempt to ..................... go in the swimming pool
Posted on 6/12/20 at 2:52 pm to Havoc
Is he white?
Is he from Louisiana?
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Is he from Louisiana?
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Posted on 6/12/20 at 2:53 pm to PrivatePublic
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Slave owners were white.
MOST slave owners were white, some were black
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