bendog
Diamond Member
LOL. I wasn't alive in the depression, but I'm here to tell you that the Edmund Pettis Bridge looks in real life today just like it did on that tv film of blacks getting the shit kicked out of them.in the depression?....how old are you?...My wife lived in AL growing up working the fields during the Great DepressionEver driven through Miss or the black belt? Well no, you obviously haven't.There's a few of them here in the South.I've never met a black farmer.
They're rich as fuck.
None of those people will benefit from this.
You have to own a farm to qualify for financial aid.
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But it's so small. I expected a bridge like a couple hundred feet. Not so. I was also surprised to see the wiki entry about racial demographics in the area. From what I could see, there were few whites. The whites may own the largest farms, but there are lots of small black, and dirt poor, farmers.
Very cool drive. Hopefully when we do it again over Easter, we'll take an extra day to so some exploring.
Gaineswood - Wikipedia
This looks still closed though
First White House of the Confederacy, Community Museum, Alabama (thefirstwhitehouse.com)
Don't plan to stop for lunch. Ain't much there.
Lowndes County, Alabama - Wikipedia
The Deep South is a trip.