While real men were fighting Nazi racism in WWII, Byrd was serving as a high officer in the KKK:
"I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side... Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds. "
— Robert C. Byrd, in a letter to Sen. Theodore Bilbo (D-MS), 1944.
No problem, as somehow he never served in t...
Published on June 27, 2010 17:01