Quotes from David Zucchino

The shotgun and the Bible have never been separated by the Caucasian … It is not the Christianity that makes the Negro forgiving, it is two hundred and fifty years of forced coercion, cowardice and damaging instructions to play into the favor of the white man. Better get a gun for Christmas. Insure your lives Negroes, and then you are in line of equality.

White politicians claimed there had been massive voter fraud. They demanded that the election results be invalidated.

He watched them return from the war unbowed, full of rage, and more committed than ever to white supremacy.