“Shall we keep our schools segregated, our races pure, peace and harmony in our schools and state,” he asked in 1958, “or will we give it all up, throw our children to the wolves (politicians) and let those who are most dear to us come face to face with the diseases, crimes and wickedness that has come to all large integrated cities?” Maddox addressed residential change in the same light. “Mixed neighborhoods,” he charged in 1960, were “destroying white churches, homes, businesses and white communities. Thousands have been trapped and forced to sacrifice their homes and thousands more are
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