Wed Nov 28, 2012, 01:53 AM
Are_grits_groceries (12,596 posts)
3 word response to KKK Grand Dragon from Alabama AG who reopened 16th Street Church bombing case
In 1970, shortly after being elected Attorney General of Alabama, 29-year-old Bill Baxley reopened the 16th Street Church bombing case — a racially motivated act of terrorism that resulted in the deaths of four African-American girls in 1963 and a fruitless investigation, and which marked a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. Baxley's unwavering commitment to the case attracted much hostility, particularly from local Klansmen, and in 1976 he received a threatening letter of protest from white supremacist Edward R. Fields — founder of the "National States' Rights Party" and "Grand Dragon" of the New Order Knights of the Ku Klux Klan — in which he was accused of reopening the case for tactical reasons. Bill Baxley's famously succinct reply, which was typed on his official letterhead, can be seen below. 
The next year, a member of the United Klans of America named Robert Chambliss was found guilty of the murders. He remained in prison until his death in 1985. http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/11/kiss-my-ass.html Ha! The long arc of justice.....
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Are_grits_groceries | Nov 2012 | OP |
| freshwest | Nov 2012 | #1 | |
| Elwood P Dowd | Nov 2012 | #2 | |
| BlueCaliDem | Nov 2012 | #3 | |
| Dudette | Nov 2012 | #4 | |
| Skittles | Nov 2012 | #5 | |
| The Doctor. | Nov 2012 | #6 | |
| Are_grits_groceries | Nov 2012 | #7 | |
| The Doctor. | Nov 2012 | #10 | |
| Are_grits_groceries | Nov 2012 | #12 | |
| The Doctor. | Nov 2012 | #14 | |
| Brigid | Nov 2012 | #8 | |
| myrna minx | Nov 2012 | #9 | |
| kiva | Nov 2012 | #11 | |
| AverageJoe90 | Nov 2012 | #13 |
Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2012, 02:06 AM
freshwest (31,556 posts)
1. Baxley's a good man. Please tell me that Robert and Saxby Chambliss are not related...
Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2012, 03:01 AM
Elwood P Dowd (7,194 posts)
2. K&R
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Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2012, 03:09 AM
BlueCaliDem (5,293 posts)
3. Perfect response to those "nationalists".
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and rec'd! |
Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2012, 03:33 AM
4. Only the great Della Reese could have topped that response
Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2012, 04:58 AM
Skittles (86,344 posts)
5. I love the "Dr" parts too
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Response to The Doctor. (Reply #6)
Wed Nov 28, 2012, 02:20 PM
Are_grits_groceries (12,596 posts)
7. Don't judge a book by it's cover or
Response to The Doctor. (Reply #10)
Thu Nov 29, 2012, 02:53 AM
Are_grits_groceries (12,596 posts)
12. Wasn't criticizing you.
Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2012, 03:04 PM
8. Saw this on the History Channel,
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Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2012, 09:09 PM
myrna minx (20,537 posts)
9. K&R. Amazing.
Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2012, 10:24 PM
11. A great reply -
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I was just talking about this in class, must add to my notes.
Also want you to know you will be responsible for my spending too much time at that site in the future  |
Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)
Thu Nov 29, 2012, 06:06 AM
13. Kudos to Bill Baxley!
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He sure gave that Fields jackass what for, eh?
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