Charlie Massey's Album: Wall Photos

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“In 1973, during a speech at the City Club in Cleveland, former Senator Joe Biden told an audience that the Nixon-era resurgence of Republicans in the South was a good thing,” Grim writes. “‘I think the two-party system,’ he said, ‘although my Democratic colleagues won’t like me saying this, is good for the South and good for the Negro, good for the black in the South.'”