I have to agree as someone who has relatives from West Virginia... back when he was a young man, joining the KKK really was basically like joining the Chamber of Commerce. It's not an excuse, just a sad reflection of the times. But Byrd tried to turn it around and never showed the deep level of support for racist legislation as did other people from the same time, like Strom Thurmond.
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Date: 2010-06-28 02:37 pm (UTC)