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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Politician
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gptkbp:advocatesFor
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States'_rights
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gptkbp:affiliatedWith
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gptkb:American_Bar_Association
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gptkbp:affiliation
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Southern Democrats
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:University_of_Mississippi
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1904-12-28
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Drew,_Mississippi
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gptkbp:burialPlace
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gptkb:Lakewood_Memorial_Park
gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:James_Eastland_Jr.
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gptkbp:committee
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gptkb:Senate_Judiciary_Committee
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gptkbp:contributedTo
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gptkb:Democratic_Party's_Southern_Strategy
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1986-02-18
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gptkbp:education
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Law degree
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gptkbp:foughtAgainst
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gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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James Eastland
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gptkbp:image
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/James_Eastland%2C_Senator.jpg/220px-James_Eastland%2C_Senator.jpg
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gptkbp:influence
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Judicial appointments
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gptkbp:influenced
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Judicial nominations
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gptkbp:influenceOn
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Southern_politics
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gptkbp:involvedIn
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Mississippi_politics
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gptkbp:isMemberOf
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gptkb:American_Legion
gptkb:Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars
Delta_Sigma_Phi_fraternity
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gptkbp:knownFor
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A staunch segregationist
Opposition to Civil Rights Movement
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gptkbp:legacy
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Controversial_figure_in_American_politics
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gptkbp:militaryService
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gptkb:United_States_Army
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gptkbp:nickname
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The_Senator_from_Mississippi
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
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gptkbp:occupation
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U.S._Senator
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
Desegregation
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gptkbp:politicalParty
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gptkb:Democratic_Party
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gptkbp:politicalPosition
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Chairman_of_the_Senate_Judiciary_Committee
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gptkbp:politicalRole
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gptkb:Mississippi_State_Senate
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Pat_Harrison
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
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gptkbp:servedIn
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gptkb:Senate_Rules_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Appropriations_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Armed_Services_Committee
gptkb:World_War_II
Chairman_of_the_Senate_Agriculture_Committee
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gptkbp:serviceYears
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1941-1978
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gptkbp:spouse
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Martha_Eastland
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Thad_Cochran
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gptkbp:supported
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gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
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gptkbp:supports
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Anti-communist measures
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gptkbp:termEnd
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1978-01-03
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gptkbp:termStart
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1941-01-03
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