As a result, Truman embraced a strong belief in white supremacy. When he secured the position of FDR’s running mate in the 1944 DNC with help from Southerners, AL Gov Chauncey Sparks proudly celebrated their success, Sparks bellowed:
“The South has won a substa”ntial victory. … In the matter of race relations Senator Truman told me he is the son of an unreconstructed rebel mother.”
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