Who Is Ross Barnett Inhumane

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Ross Barnett was a person involved in the civil rights movement for blacks. He was born in 1898 and fell in 1987 at 89 years old. Barnett was born in the USA and is full american. Barnett was married to a woman with the maiden name Pearl Crawford. He was a very predjudice man and believed that white people ruled society and that segregation was the way that society should be. Due to his views, made him a member of a group known as the Dixiecrats. The Dixiecrats are the Southern Democracy's that support segregation by race. Between the years of 1960 and 1964, Ross was elected as the governor of Mississippi where he used way too much power to get what he wanted, he would make people submit to him to finish getting what he wanted. …show more content…

Ross seemed to be inhumane because of how his mind worked. Not only him, but many people during this time seemed to not understand that people have feelings. White people actually did not believe that African-Americans were even human. They actually thought of them as animals and thought they were monsters which could explain their actions. Barnett was the type of person that didn't care to defy the federal law and government. Acts like this impacted the civil rights because it would throw up threats to arrest and it would be very controversial because it would set off chains of reactions and nobody cared to object to the law. Ross was also the type of person that was afraid of getting into trouble. If he was going to be thrown into prison or jail for his acts, he would quickly submit up and do what he was told. During beliefs of white supremacy, Ross stood up for his state and spoke for them. There were many catch phrases for Barnett and one is, "Ross is standing like Gibraltar; he will never faltar". He was said to be a big coward. He didn't care to harm others as long as it meant moving up in society; especially the

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