Alabama Answers
Published by mr.president November 26th, 2007 in PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, US PRESIDENTS, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORYThe Alabama Anniston Star editorial page looks at the Krugman/Brooks/Crespino/others not mentioned back and forth on Reagan and racism, and comes down with the dog whistling camp.
“Imagine the good a leader like Reagan could have done with his powerful skills of persuasion if he had spoken out forcefully against racism. Given that he chose another course, we’ll never know.”
Anniston knows racism. The town was the site of a hot 1961 encounter between Freedom Riders and the Klan. 
