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#OTD in 1967. Thurgood Marshall was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. President Johnson said that Marshall "deserves the appointment ... I believe that it is the right thing to do, the right time to do it, the right man and the right place." On August 30 he was confirmed by a 69-11 vote in The Senate. He remained on the court until 1994 - a vital component of The Warren Court which worked hard to advance civil and human rights in The USA.
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Adding this: The votes of North Carolina’s Boll Weevil Democrat Senators were Sam Ervin ‘No’ and B. Everett Jordan abstained from voting but was present. Ervin had been perhaps the most vocal opponent of Marshall’s appointment. He stated, “Judge Marshall is, by practice and philosophy, a constitutional iconoclast, and his elevation to the Supreme Court at this juncture in our history would make it virtually certain that for years to come, if not forever, the American people will be ruled by the arbitrary notions of the Supreme Court justices rather than by the precepts of the Constitution.” Ervin may have been well-aligned on the criminality of Nixon in the 1970s but in the 1960s he stood firmly on the wrong side of history in regard to Civil Rights. Senator Jordan said, “I didn’t want to vote against it, so I just didn’t vote.” 19 other Senators joined him in fecklessness.
 
donbosco said:
Adding this: The votes of North Carolina’s Boll Weevil Democrat Senators were Sam Ervin ‘No’ and B. Everett Jordan abstained from voting but was present. Ervin had been perhaps the most vocal opponent of Marshall’s appointment. He stated, “Judge Marshall is, by practice and philosophy, a constitutional iconoclast, and his elevation to the Supreme Court at this juncture in our history would make it virtually certain that for years to come, if not forever, the American people will be ruled by the arbitrary notions of the Supreme Court justices rather than by the precepts of the Constitution.” Ervin may have been well-aligned on the criminality of Nixon in the 1970s but in the 1960s he stood firmly on the wrong side of history in regard to Civil Rights. Senator Jordan said, “I didn’t want to vote against it, so I just didn’t vote.” 19 other Senators joined him in fecklessness.
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Some give Senator Sam a pass because of Watergate.

The man was a staunch segregationist and should be excoriated for that. Ditto for Jordan.

Sam Ervin’s opposition to Richard Nixon’s crimes isn’t worthy of praise. He simply did the right thing. Dean Smith had a comment about doing the right thing.
 
In the back of my Deddy’s hardware store stood on old refrigerator. It was full of a variety of ‘drinks’ that his patrons would choose from. They’d stand around, telling tale tales (my Momma called it Lyin’) & sharing farming info while downing a drink & some salted peanuts or some 4-corner Nabs. Pepsi was the favorite with the little Co-Colas a close second. Deddy always said the more frugal among that crowd went with Pepsi because you got an ounce and a half more for your dime. It did seem like he was right about that. #OTD in 1903 Caleb Bradham registered his ‘drink,’ Pepsi-Cola, with the US Patent Office. The name is derived from pepsin & kola nut extract, 2 of the main ingredients. He invented the mix in 1898 at his pharmacy in New Bern.

https://www.ncdcr.gov/.../brads-drink-now-pepsi-cola...
 
donbosco said:
In the back of my Deddy’s hardware store stood on old refrigerator. It was full of a variety of ‘drinks’ that his patrons would choose from. They’d stand around, telling tale tales (my Momma called it Lyin’) & sharing farming info while downing a drink & some salted peanuts or some 4-corner Nabs. Pepsi was the favorite with the little Co-Colas a close second. Deddy always said the more frugal among that crowd went with Pepsi because you got an ounce and a half more for your dime. It did seem like he was right about that. #OTD in 1903 Caleb Bradham registered his ‘drink,’ Pepsi-Cola, with the US Patent Office. The name is derived from pepsin & kola nut extract, 2 of the main ingredients. He invented the mix in 1898 at his pharmacy in New Bern.

https://www.ncdcr.gov/.../brads-drink-now-pepsi-cola...
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OK, that all sounds familiar. But while drinking Pepsi or Coke, did they pour the salted peanuts into the bottle and then drink down the soda and peanuts simultaneously? Also, "Pepsi-Cola hits the spot, 12 full ounces, that’s a lot, Twice as much for a nickel too, Pepsi-Cola is the drink for you! Nickel, nickel, nickel, nickle. Trickle, trickle, trickle, trickle."

Also, my grandmother loved Coca Cola and would drink no other soft drink. But not just any Coca Cola, only "short," i.e., 6 oz Cokes. She absolutely refused to drink the 12 oz version of Coke. When asked why, she would look at you like you were stupid and explain that Coca Cola had two parts, the syrup and the carbonated water. The syrup was what drove the price of the beverage and the carbonated water was a trivial cost. Short Cokes and regular Cokes sold for the same price. That meant they had the same amount of Coke syrup in them, i.e., regular Cokes were just watered down versions of short Cokes and she COULD! taste the difference. On this point she would not be moved. And we grandkids learned very early that this was something about which she had absolutely no sense of humor.
 
05C40 said:
OK, that all sounds familiar. But while drinking Pepsi or Coke, did they pour the salted peanuts into the bottle and then drink down the soda and peanuts simultaneously? Also, "Pepsi-Cola hits the spot, 12 full ounces, that’s a lot, Twice as much for a nickel too, Pepsi-Cola is the drink for you! Nickel, nickel, nickel, nickle. Trickle, trickle, trickle, trickle."

Also, my grandmother loved Coca Cola and would drink no other soft drink. But not just any Coca Cola, only "short," i.e., 6 oz Cokes. She absolutely refused to drink the 12 oz version of Coke. When asked why, she would look at you like you were stupid and explain that Coca Cola had two parts, the syrup and the carbonated water. The syrup was what drove the price of the beverage and the carbonated water was a trivial cost. Short Cokes and regular Cokes sold for the same price. That meant they had the same amount of Coke syrup in them, i.e., regular Cokes were just watered down versions of short Cokes and she COULD! taste the difference. On this point she would not be moved. And we grandkids learned very early that this was something about which she had absolutely no sense of humor.
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Hmmm...now you have me thinking about political ideology. How DID grandmother vote anyway?
 
donbosco said:
Hmmm...now you have me thinking about political ideology. How DID grandmother vote anyway?
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Can't answer that question without context. While his particular grandmother was born after Reconstruction had officially ended, her father had been a Confederate soldier. And she told a story of visiting relatives on a July 4th when the patriarch of home they were visiting walked out and found American flags on the family car. And this patriarch alledged proclaimed, "Get those damn yankee flags off my car!" So the short amswer to your question was that she voted for the Democratic candidates. But for the vast majority--if not the entirety--of her life, she voted, in the primary, for the Democratic candidate who today would be a Republican.

ETA: I have in my possession the Oath of Allegiance my g-grandfather signed on September 9, 1865 that restored his right to vote and the permission slip dated April 23, 1865 that gave my g-grandfather, a paroled prisoner, permission to return home. Also, if anyone is doing the math on this and thinking "How the f&$ old is 05C40?", this particular grandfather's first wife died and he remarried after the Civil War. I am a descendant of this second family.
 
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Missed this one by a day...


Mark Ruffalo reads Eugene Debs's Canton, Ohio, Speech (June 16, 1918)​

Actor Mark Ruffalo reads union leader Eugene Debs' famous "Canton, Ohio" speech. Part of a reading of Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove) at All Saints Church in Pasadena, CA on Feb 1, 2007.




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Air Conditioning-Or better put, the Lack of it sent a lot of folks into #WNC in Days Gone By. The decision of Robroy Farquhar to bring the Vagabond Players from NYC to Flat Rock in 1940 must have at least had heat as part of the consideration. But were economics also part of the push/pull as well? Vanderbilts and other rich folk have sought out a kind of solace in those hills and ‘hollers’ for quite some time. Even Baptists built Ridgecrest, their BIble Study Center near Asheville. Billy Graham, and these days his pretender son Franklin, dug in near Swannanoa. Even Avante-Garde artists and dissidents hid out in these mountains from 1933 to 1957 at Black Mountain College.


Appalachia’s economy is a strange thing-it was then and remains so today. Tourists bring dollars to see authentic crafts and mountain life while simultaneously stressing those same traditions to perform as typecast. Indeed, myriad stereotypes take the stage in a few cases to this day despite great efforts to deepen the awareness of the many cultures that have long called the region home.


Specifically, one of the more vigorous historic push-pulls in Appalachia has been the back-and-forth of mid-Atlantic and Northern urban folk and the region. It isn’t even always a back-and-forth, sometimes people stay for good. I reckon my family and I have entered that very stream now with Theater being one of the catalysts. I still live and work in The Tar Heel State but spend a goodly amount of time literally just one block off of Broadway. Performance — entertainment — the stage — connects the two seemingly disparate places for quite a few folks.


Which brings us to…#OTD in 1961 the Flat Rock Playhouse in Henderson County #WNC was named the official State Theater of North Carolina. The Vagabond Players, formed in NYC in 1937 came South in 1940 for Summer Stock and today run an April-Dec season. It is a Top ‘Summer’ theater nationally. https://www.ncdcr.gov/.../the-vagabond-players-and-robroy... Things appear to be back up & running there—See THIS LINK: https://flatrockplayhouse.org
 
Love Flat Rock in general...seems kind of like monied magic...The Carl Sandburg home (Irony?) there is one of my favorite places on earth.
 
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