James Eastland

(1904-1986)

American politician

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James Oliver Eastland (November 28, 1904 – February 19, 1986) was an American politician from the state of Mississippi who served in the United States Senate as a Senator in 1941; and again from 1943 until his resignation on December 27, 1978. He has been called the "Voice of the White South" and the "Godfather of Mississippi Politics." A Democrat, Eastland was known as the symbol of Southern resistance to racial integration during the civil rights era, often speaking of blacks as "an inferior race."

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Born	28 November 1904 Doddsville, Mississippi_\|_Doddsville, Mississippi
Died	19 February 1986 (aged 81) Doddsville, Mississippi, U.S.
Zodiac	Sagittarius
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