... and all he needed were facts and the truth.
What is SO puzzling to me is the fact this sort of structure has been the norm in many southern states since white people took the land from Native Peoples and created an extractive economy. Even after manufacturing is introduced the haves have been able to convince the nots that all they have to do is work hard to join the club of the haves, so vote for me.
Most people see this system for what it is but the haves have convinced the many nots that's just the way it is. Can't fight the system.
The way some people in the south think of "their Blacks" is disgusting and scary, it's shocking that in 2023 we still have so large a gap between the haves and the have nots.