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THE FIGHTING BUNCH- THE BATTLE TO END VOTING CORRUPTION IN TENNESSEE (AUTHOR INTERVIEW)
In August of 1946 the Democrat party was holding most of the state of Tennessee in an iron grip and had been for 10 years. Voters were being shot, beaten, and intimidated. Ballot box stuffing was the rule in many counties. Election integrity was non-existent. The corruption went all the way to Washington DC. The DOJ, the FBI, the Tennessee State Supreme Court- all turned a blind eye to the worst corruption ever witnessed in the south, ignoring desperate pleas for help looking into the problem and saying there was nothing wrong.
Many people were on the take. Local sheriffs and deputies aligned…
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