Karen Grigsby Bates Frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times.
“It is a totally visceral reaction, but whenever I hear [Republican Senate majority leader] Trent Lott speak, I immediately think of nooses decorating trees. Big trees, with black bodies swinging from the business end of the nooses.”
Source: Bias, by Bernard Goldberg, 2002, page 186. Hardcopy: Printout of 3-11-02 webpage that posted the quote. Where: In a Los Angeles Times op-ed. When: January 15, 1999. Contributor: AIM. Category: Compassion