Liberal Forum

"If Ms. Nunn wins, she will the first woman elected from the state – but not its first woman senator. That honor goes to Rebecca Latimer Felton, a segregation-era Democrat who was the first woman in history ever sworn in to the Senate."

"She also supported lynching, and played a central role in having an Emory University professor fired because he had written an article opposing lynching and advocated equal justice for blacks and whites."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-46125

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