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They kept on hollering, and I simply had to put my foot down. I said, 'I'm the governor and I say the ignorant in this state have to learn, blacks as well as whites.' And they learned.

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Huey Long
Age: 42 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 30
Died: 1935
Died: September 10
Former Governor Of Louisiana
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Winnfield
Louisiana
Huey Pierce Long
Jr.
Huey P. Long
Huey Pierce Long Jr.
Kingfish
The Kingfish
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