John Elliott Rankin (March 29 1882 – November 26 1960) was a Democratic congressman from the U.S. State of Mississippi who supported racial segregation and on the floor of the United States House of Representatives voiced racist views on African Americans Jews and the Japanese even accusing Albert Einstein of being a communist agitator.In 1944 following the Port Chicago disaster the U.S. Navy asked Congress to give $5000 to the victim’s families.
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