Shame in the Name Aircraft Carrier Honoring ‘Dixiecrat’ Segregationist Stennis Draws Criticism
MILITARY MILITARY FACES Nanofiber body armor 70th anniversary of Hillary Clinton could protect soldiers’ 1st US ground battle discusses Hulu most sensitive areas against North Korea documentary Page 4 Page 5 Page 15 Bucks, Lakers in strong position for restart » Back page stripes.com Volume 79, No. 56 ©SS 2020 Monday, July 6, 2020 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas Shame in the name Aircraft carrier honoring ‘Dixiecrat’ segregationist Stennis draws criticism BY KATHERINE HAFNER The (Norfolk, Va.) Virginian-Pilot VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — As a Mississippi senator, John C. Sten- nis signed the infamous “Southern Manifesto” decrying integration. He fought Black equality in the Navy and, as a pros- ecutor, sought ‘ Stennis the execution was the of three Black men who had heart, soul, been tortured and brains into confessing of the white to a slaying. supremacist For sev- eral decades, caucus in his name has the 1948 graced an Congress. aircraft car- ’ rier currently retired Lt. based in Nor- Cmdr. Reuben folk — the only Keith Green senator to have that honor. Now, amid a national reckoning over America’s racist roots, some are pushing for that to change. “Today’s sailors, Marines, and of- ficers should not have to make the SEE SHAME ON PAGE 5 Aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis . ERIKA KUGLER/U.S. Navy VIRUS OUTBREAK July 4th holiday fuels worries about skyrocketing cases Associated Press fuel for the nation’s surging coronavirus proving, it could be due to reduced report- before they were tested and missed mild outbreak. ing on a national holiday. cases. ST. PETE BEACH, Fla.
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