Talk:Wesley Pruden

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article must adhere to the policy on biographies of living persons. Controversial material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted or if there are other concerns relative to this policy, report it on the living persons biographies noticeboard.

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.	Biography Portal
Start	This article has been rated as start-Class on the project's quality scale. [FAQ]

[edit] Quote by father

This from Wesley Pruden (Jr.) on August 15, 2006: The remark that Roy Reed attributes in his book to my father at Little Rock Central High School -- "that's what we have got to fight -- niggers, Communists and cops" -- includes no citation as to source. I was at the school on that occasion, as a reporter for the Memphis Commercial Appeal, and I do not believe my father said this. This was not the way he spoke, there are no other occasions on which he was ever quoted as using such language. He was a careful speaker, and I know for a fact that he, like most Southern whites of his generation a segregationist, did not attribute the movement toward desegregation to Communists. This remark, attributed to him by Roy Reed, has been often repeated. 17:22, 15 August 2006 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.108.159.31 (talk • contribs)