James Eastland

James Eastland

lawyer
politician
farmer
plantation owner
🇺🇸United States
anti-communism

James Oliver Eastland was an American attorney, plantation owner, and politician from Mississippi. A Democrat, he served in the United States Senate in 1941 and again from 1943 until his resignation in late 1978. Eastland was a segregationist who led the Southern resistance against racial integration during the civil rights movement, often speaking of African Americans as "an inferior race".

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1904 – 1986
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Born in
Doddsville
Educated at
primary schoolVanderbilt UniversityUniversity of AlabamaUniversity of MississippiUniversity of Mississippi School of Law

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  • 1904

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  • 1986

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