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Tracey Henley's avatar

The horrible racist who, as a college bball player, brought his Black teammates home to stay with him when they were refused lodging while on the road. This incident has been reported by several RR biographers, who mark it as both typical of RR and odd, given his later behavior as GOP party leader.

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Tim schmitz's avatar

Reagan was from northern IL

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Vickie's avatar

Slight correction: Eureka is not in Southern Illinois but is smack dab in the rural IL which is closer to Appalachia than the South. You are correct in how racist it was and is. My mother told me of several instances of KKK тАШfuneralsтАЩ in towns around IL before I was born.

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