We know who the KKK people are here (definately dems), they tried to organize a national meeting in our county and weren't really successful. Meant with alot of resistance and needed to be protected by local LI.
There are a few AA families that moved here a couple of generations back from the neighboring county have intermingled with local population....Most others live here because they have married into the local (white) families (Ironically one once had ties with the KKK). OR were AA children adopted by families. A few families have moved in because of transfer etc job related...middle class families --well liked.
The children are all well thought of, successful in school and socialize/date without any reference to skin color as do our Asian children. It is truly as MLKing's dream speach indicated...acceptance as a person with out regard to skin color.
Will freep mail you the two counties....There is quite an extensive history written somewhere....but don't know if I can locate it.
This is very interesting material, and I admit it's making me rethink my position to some extent. It's still baffling to me that a white supremecist could vote for a party that favors affirmative action. I could see voting for local Democrats, but that's a different story entirely -- not sure if that's what you mean. But there's certainly barely a presence of the KKK (or Council of Conservative Citizens types: www.cofcc.org) in the Northeast or Pacific Coast -- the heart of Democrat country. And the Council of Conservative Citizens certainly seems to support Republicans far more than Democrats.
Irrelevant to this general line of thought, MLK Jr. actually favored affirmative action explicitly. He is misremembered in that regard. But I disagree with him on that.
Interesting read. I have lived all of my life in North Mississippi, and my family since the early 1800's here and I know of no one being ever in the KKK. Is it still in the south, or is it now more a northern group?