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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"Leander Perez, who defended the military service ban, served as district attorney, judge, and political boss in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, during the civil rights era. A devout Catholic, he took a segregationist position so extreme that the Archbishop of the Diocese of New Orleans excommunicated him from the church. An active member of his local white citizens' council, Mr. Perez gave public speeches... encouraging politicians to commit criminal contempt in defiance of desegregation orders."