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	James Eastland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eastland was determined to win an appointment for Harold Cox, his former roommate at Ole Miss, and campaigned shamelessly on his behalf.
		Eastland was appointed as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1956 and held that post until his retirement.
		Eastland was an ally of Joseph McCarthy and served on the Committee investigating many Americans' connections to the Communist Party.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Eastland (1228 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: James O. Eastland
		James Oliver Eastland (November 28, 1904–February 19, 1986) was an American politician from Mississippi who served in the U.S. Senate briefly in 1941 and again from 1943 to 1978.
		A Democrat, Eastland was first appointed to the Senate in 1941 following the death of Senator Pat Harrison, but did not run in the special election for the seat later in the year; it was won by Wall Doxey.
		Eastland served as a director of the infamous Pioneer Fund, a foundation dedicated to improving the race.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/James-O.-Eastland (581 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: James Eastland
		James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 â€“ June 26, 2003) represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to April 1956 and November 1956 to 1964 as a Democrat and from 1964 to 2003 as a Republican.
		James Barbour (June 10, 1775-June 7, 1842) was an American lawyer, a member and speaker of the Virginia house of delegates, the 19th Governor of Virginia, and United States Secretary of War from 1825-1828.
		James Oliver Eastland (November 28, 1904 - February 19, 1986) was an American politician from Mississippi, first elected to the Senate in 1941.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/James-Eastland (5884 words)

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		Eastland liked the marijuana laws for the same reason he had liked the Jim Crow laws: because they were a convenient way to put people in jail.
		Eastland represented political forces that were concerned with preserving the status quo and that rightly perceived marijuana as yet another threat to their authority.
		Eastland, by stacking his hearings with anti-marijuana witnesses, was able to flood the country with anti-marijuana propaganda at a crucial time in the struggle for reform.
	paranoia.lycaeum.org /marijuana/facts/source-of-myths (2086 words)

	Let the People Decide: Black Freedom and White Resistance Movements in Sunflower County, Mississippi, 1945-1986, by J. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Almost half of the Eastland plantation was still in the process of being cleared of cane and forest, however; this task would have required a mass of wage laborers or perhaps sharecroppers who worked for wages either within or outside of their cropping arrangements.
		Eastland forced the lynch mob to wait until midafternoon, the time when rural fl churches have traditionally met in the Delta, to begin the execution—most likely in the hope that as many fls as possible would witness the grisly spectacle and learn a lesson from it.
		James Oliver Eastland, the nephew of the murdered James Eastland, was raised in Forest and represented the town's district in the state legislature from 1928 to 1932.
	uncpress.unc.edu /chapters/moye_let.html (6267 words)

	U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Paintings > James Eastland
		Eastland’s record for the longest consecutive service as chairman of the Judiciary Committee and his position as president pro tempore led to the decision to honor the former senator.
		Eastland was born in 1904 in Mississippi's Sunflower County.
		In 1941 Eastland was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Senate created by the death of Democrat Pat Harrison–-on the agreement that he would not run in the special election to be held three months later.
	www.senate.gov /artandhistory/art/artifact/Painting_32_00040.htm (576 words)

	James Eastland
		James Eastland was born in Doddsville, Mississippi on 28th November, 1904.
		A member of the Democratic Party, Eastland was a member of State house of representatives (1928-32) before being elected to the United States Senate in 1941.
		Eastland was strong opponent of African American civil rights and a leading supporter of Jim Crow laws.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAeastland.htm (762 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Ideas / Peculiar institution
		The Senate Judiciary Committee was chaired by James Eastland of Mississippi and counted Strom Thurmond among its members.
		Eastland used his prerogatives as chair (and Thurmond's threat to filibuster the committee) to keep electoral reform on the back burner.
		Eastland and Thurmond relented, and the bill, after passing the committee by a vote of 11 to 6, reached the Senate floor in early September 1970 -- nearly a year after the momentum for reform had crested.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/ideas/articles/2004/10/17/peculiar_institution?pg=4 (793 words)

	Captain James Eastland
		James Eastland, soldier and legislator, was born on November 1, 1827, in Madison County, Alabama, the son of Alfred and Eliza Wright (Petty) Eastland.
		Bad health forced Eastland to resign in the winter of 1863, and he was discharged at Alexandria, Louisiana.
		Eastland died on January 13, 1911, and is buried at Olive Branch Cemetery at Brushy Creek, Texas.
	www.angelfire.com /tx/RandysTexas/page86.html (290 words)

	Historical Markers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Eastland was named county seat in an election on Aug. 2, 1875.
		Named for James Madison Ellison (1840-1923), a native of Alabama, who was the first settler in this section of Eastland County, erecting a cabin near the springs in Oct. 1958.
		Clark, the Eastland Superintendent, occupied this two-story structure, which was typical of 2 other company houses located directly north of this residence, one of which still stands.
	eastlandcommunity.com /7003.html (7061 words)

	Eastland Hotel
		The tug ''Kenosha'' was preparing to maneuver ''Eastland'' away from the dock, but by 7:28, the ''Eastland'' began to roll over, coming to rest in 20 feet of water only 20 feet from the wharf.
		After the ''Eastland'' was raised in October 1915, she was sold to the Illinois Naval Reserve and recommissioned as the USS ''Wilmette'' stationed at Great Lakes Naval Base.
		Eastland mall is anchored by Belk, Dillard's, Sears and most recently a Burlington Coat Factory joined the mall in the former JC Penney Outlet location.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/53/eastland-hotel.html (1569 words)

	ipedia.com: James Eastland Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		James Oliver Eastland was an American politician from Mississippi, first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1941.
		James Oliver Eastland (November 28, 1904 - February 19, 1986) was an American politician from Mississippi, first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1941.
		A Democrat, Eastland earned a reputation as a vociferous opponent of the civil rights movement and a supporter of Jim Crow laws.
	www.ipedia.com /james_eastland.html (484 words)

	Eastland Memorial Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Among those who could have been on the ship was James, a local man who worked for the Western Electric Co. The passengers on the Eastland were Western Electric employees, their friends and families on their way to an annual company picnic in Michigan City, Ind.
		Families and friends of James, Withey and the Sangamo officials feared the worst until word began to trickle in that all were well.
		James' brother-in-law sent a telegram to his residence inquiring of his well-being.
	www.eastlanddisaster.com /springfield.shtml (676 words)

	Column: Three Heart Beats Away
		The liberal Democrat establishment actually choose to place James Eastland in a position to be the president of the United States, if there but be an accident or disaster.
		Just think, perhaps the vice presidency could have been vacated by a scandal, then James Eastland would only be two heart beats away from the presidency as a result of the votes of the Democrat liberal establishment.
		Senator James Eastland served as the President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate, three heart beats from the presidency of the United States for six years--until he left the Senate in 1979.
	www.hnn.us /articles/1197.html (3081 words)

	The Mansker Chronicles -- The Schmick Brothers of Eastland County
		James K. was the third sheriff, 1882 to 1891.
		James found the man, who had a wife and several small children that was very hungry.
		EASTLAND, Feb 2 - Funeral services for Henry Slaven Schmick, 94, Civil War veteran and first sheriff of Eastland county, were conducted Sunday afternoon in the courthouse rotunda.
	www.mansker.org /family/schmicks.htm (1691 words)

	Jackson Free Press \| Green Peace, Anyone?
		Senator James O. Eastland, the namesake of the Jackson federal courthouse building in Jackson, was elected in 1941 to the U.S. Senate.
		After McCarthy was discredited in 1954, Eastland tried to keep the scare alive by accusing newspapers, such as the New York Times, of being infiltrated by Communists.
		Eastland told the U.S. Senate in May 1954: "Segregation is desired and supported by the vast majority of the members of both of the races in the South, who dwell side by side under harmonious conditions." He was less tactful back home, however.
	www.jacksonfreepress.com /print.php?id=97_0_4_0 (871 words)

	Discriminations: Eastland Lives...
		Eastland, were he still alive, would nod his head as liberals make the Senate filibuster sound like America's last bulwark against tyranny, and as they conduct a flirtation with states' rights.
		Eastland might be bewildered, but relieved that, at long last, his party was breaking his way.
		Eastland, of course, thought that was a bad thing, as do today's Democrats.
	www.discriminations.us /2005/04/eastland_lives.html (361 words)

	Woods Eastland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Eastland represented Mississippi in the Senate beginning in 1941 until his retirement in 1978.
		Eastland was born January 7,1945 in Doddsville, MS.
		Woods Eastland is on the board of managers of the Memphis Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, vice president of National Cotton Council and of AMCOT, a director of Mississippi Chemical Corporation and of Delta Council and past president and past chairman of Cotton Council international.
	www.staplcotn.com /history/eastland.htm (389 words)

	Driver Family
		William Eastland was born in 1681 in Stow in Lindsey Lincolnshire son of James Eastland and Ann West (born Stow in Lindsey).
		James Handbury born 23/11/1788 at Elvaston Derbyshire was the son of James Handbury and Ann Daykin who were married 27/7/1783 at Elvaston.
		This James Handbury born 23/9/1758 was the son of James Handbury and Sarah Bentley who were married 21/3/1754 at All Saints in Derby.Other children were twin of James Handbury, Sarah Handbury, and William Handbury 1760.
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /jewelian/Driver.htm (1489 words)

	Senator, Detective Take JFK Assassination Secrets to Their Graves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Known as a notorious political extremist who was later described as the impetus for James Garrison’s 1967-1970 Kennedy assassination probe, Banister earlier became a brief focus of Mississippi's secret spy agency, the Sovereignty Commission, when it was suggested Banister should be hired to set up an "even tighter" domestic spying system throughout the state.
		Eastland, a cotton planter from Doddsville, Mississippi in the heart of the Delta, was the consumate racist.
		Eastland died in 1986 at the age of 82.
	www.prweb.com /releases/2005/11/prweb311273.htm (1239 words)

	The Eastland Disaster - James Lee Elliott (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		James Lee Elliott was nearly eight years old and was at home with his mother when their phone rang: James' father was calling from his job as train dispatcher at the Chicago Tunnel Company.
		James' mother quickly walked him from their home on south Paulina Street to the street car.
		James and his father walked to Clark Street and sat on a piling underneath the bridge and watched the heroic efforts of the U. Coast Guard and the Fire and Police departments.
	www.eastlanddisaster.org /papageelliottjameslee.htm (218 words)

	The Eastland Disaster - James Sikokis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		James Sikokis worked at the Arcadia Soda Fountain and Candy Store, which was located at Clark Street and Grand Avenue and was owned by his father, Louis Sikokis.
		James was very disappointed at not being able to go on what would have been his first boat trip.
		Please direct questions and comments to the Eastland Disaster Historical Society at info@eastlanddisaster.org.
	www.eastlanddisaster.org /papagesikokisjames.htm (186 words)

	ALMOND, James Lindsay, Jr. (1898-1986) Guide to Research Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Correspondence is non-official, but touches on when James Lindsay Almond, Jr., served as Governor of Virginia, on his appointment to the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, and on Democratic Party politics in Virginia.
		Scrapbooks and clippings document the campaigns of James Lindsay Almond, Jr., his terms as attorney general and governor, and information on Virginia’s resistance to school desegregation.
		The collection also includes materials on the wife of James Lindsay Almond, Jr., Josephine Katherine (Minter) Almond, from her service as First Lady of Virginia.
	bioguide.congress.gov /scripts/guidedisplay.pl?index=A000163 (605 words)

	Teachers' Domain: James Farmer and the Freedom Rides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Size: 10.0 MB This interview with civil rights leader James Farmer recalls the Freedom Rides of 1961, when an interracial group rode two buses through the South to test enforcement of recent Supreme Court rulings that banned segregated seating on interstate buses and trains.
		In 1947, James Farmer and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organized the Journey of Reconciliation, an integrated bus ride through the South, but it was cut short when several riders were arrested for violating segregation ordinances in North Carolina.
		Eastland would make sure there was no violence, and in return Kennedy would not use federal troops to enforce the desegregation laws.
	www.teachersdomain.org /9-12/soc/ush/civil/farmer (665 words)

	LBJ got conflicting input on civil rights workers' disappearance
		Less than an hour later, Mississippi Sen. James Eastland told Johnson he believed the whole incident was a hoax.
		Johnson asked Eastland whether the senator thought Johnson should expand on an earlier statement on the investigation, as advised by Kennedy.
		When Johnson told Eastland he believed it might be best for him to have an aide meet with the workers' parents instead of doing so personally, Eastland agreed.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/021697/lbjgot.htm (439 words)

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