List of Famous people with last name Eastland
James Oliver Eastland
First Name James
Last Name Eastland
Born on November 28, 1904
Born in United States of America, Mississippi
James Oliver Eastland was an American politician from the state of Mississippi who served in the United States Senate as a Senator in 1941; and again from 1943 until his resignation on December 27, 1978. He has been called the "Voice of the White South" and the "Godfather of Mississippi Politics." A Democrat, Eastland was known as the symbol of Southern resistance to racial integration during the civil rights era, often speaking of blacks as "an inferior race."
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