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To: TimF who wrote (568442)5/28/2010 5:28:46 PM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 1578006
 
"False, at least considering the time period we are talking about (around the time of the passing of the Civil Rights Act, and the time following it.)."

Not false at all. It didn't really change until the 1970s and the growth of the Sun Belt.

Tim, I lived through it. It most certainly was the case. Even in Texas, which didn't really have the plantation owners and later sharecroppers like was common in much of the South.