Tina’s Story
George Wesley Lee was a prominent civil rights leader in Humphreys County Mississippi. BUT when he continued to push for equal voting rights for blacks, he was murdered.

Hillary’s Story
Steve Lough worked for years with the Ringling Brothers circus. BUT when he saw bozos like Trump running for office, he decided that a real clown should join the clowns in Congress.

Sources
Tina's Story
AFL-CIO
Black History Month Profiles: Rev. George W. Lee--by Kenneth Quinnell

Black Past
GEORGE WASHINGTON LEE (1903-1955)--by Samuel Momodu

Mississippi Encyclopedia
George Wesley Lee (Minister and Activist)

Southern Poverty Law Center
REV. GEORGE LEE

United States Department of Justice
George Lee--Notice to Close File (Jul 12 2011)

Zinn Education Project
May 7, 1955: Murder of Rev. George W. Lee

Photos
George W. Lee--from beejae.com (fair use) via Wikipedia
Segregated Movie Theater in Belzoni--by Marion Post Wolcott (public domain) via Wikipedia
Katherine Blair Saw Gunman's Car--screenshot from 1955 Jet Magazine via Zinn Education Project

Hillary's Story
AP News
Circus clown who ran for Congress dies in South Carolina

Ballotpedia
South Carolina's 5th Congressional District

CBS News
Why an Ivy League-educated former clown is running for Congress--by Kathryn Watson

CNN
A clown is running for Congress in South Carolina--by Veronica Stracqualursi

Daily News
Professional clown Steve Lough is dead, months after losing his bid for the U.S. House of Representatives

Facebook
Steve Lough for Congress

IBTimes UK
Former clown Steve Lough running for Congress

Kornegay Funeral Home
Obituary Stephen Harrison "Steve" Lough of Camden, South Carolina

WIS News 10
So, there is a clown running for Congress in South Carolina--by Tanita Gaither

Photos
Steve Lough--screenshot via WIS News 10
Steve Lough in Clown Costume--from Notes on a Cowardly Lion via GoUpstate
Lough Campaign Website--screenshot of homepage via News 2 NBC

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Hillary’s Story
Martha Mitchell made a name for herself in Washington, DC by spilling political secrets. BUT when she discovers a Watergate connection to her husband, he tries to silence her.

Tina’s Story
James Henry Hammond was an awful pro-slavery politician steeped in controversy. BUT when his diary is published nearly 100 years after his death, it adds even more shame to his already shameful legacy.

Sources
Hillary's Story
All That's Interesting
Martha Mitchell: The Woman Nobody Believed About Watergate

BBC
Martha Mitchell speaks out about Nixon, Watergate

Encyclopedia
Mitchell, Martha (1918-1976)

The New York Times
Martha Mitchell Testifies in Civil Suit--by Charlotte Curtis

People
A Martha Mitchell Biography Raps John, but Confirms That She Loved Him Until She Died--By Martha Smilgis

Timeline
This woman was held hostage and drugged because she knew too much about Watergate

The Washington Post
'I'm a political prisoner': Mouthy Martha Mitchell was the George Conway of the Nixon era

Wikipedia
Martha Mitchell

Photos
Martha Mitchell--from US National Archives via Public Domain
Martha and John Mitchell--from AP via Politico
“Martha was Right” Flower Arrangement--via Necessary Storms

Tina's Story
Elisa Rolle: Queer Places
James Henry Hammond

Google Arts & Culture
James Henry Hammond

Headstuff
James Henry Hammond, Pro-Slavery Paedophile Politician--by Ciaran Conliffe

History, Art & Archives
Representative James Henry Hammond of South Carolina

House Divided
In Washington D.C., the second South Carolina senator, James Henry Hammond, resigns his seat

Learning for Justice
Sen. James Henry Hammond On the Admission of Kansas, Under the Lecompton Constitution Speech Before the United States Senate / Cotton is King--by James Henry Hammond

Library of Congress
James Henry Hammond papers

Moultrie News
Laying bare the Hammond-Hampton feud--by Tom Horton

National Park Service
James Henry Hammond

The New York Times
Monster of All He Survived--by Rosellen Brown

South Carolina
James Henry Hammond

South Carolina Encyclopedia
Hammond, James Henry

University North Carolina: The Southern Historical Collection
Collection Title: James Henry Hammond Letters, 1831-1845.

Wikipedia
Hammond School
James Henry Hammond

Photos
James Henry Hammond--via Public Domain
Catherine Fitzimmons--via Headstuff
Thomas J. Withers--via Elisa Rolle's Queer Places Website
The Hammond School in 1966--via Public Domain

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