Jim Folsom

Jim Folsom was an American politician. A Democrat from Alabama, Folsom was elected to the U.S. Senate sometime before 1957, and established himself as a moderate progressive on civil rights issues. Folsom's support, as well as that of other southern liberals and moderates, was crucial in passing the Full Rights Act.

By 1960, Folsom had become unpopular among his constituents, as the racial violence of the late 1950s led to an increasingly radicalized southern population that rejected his liberal views on race. Folsom lost the Democratic nomination that year to Asa Carter, a staunch segregationist. He subsequently retired from politics.

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Folsom is mentioned in Pts. 76, 81 and 100 of For All Time.