In the 15 months of his second term as governor of Alabama, moose-tall (6 ft. 8 in.) James Elisha ("Kissin' Jim") Folsom has striven to the limit of his limited talent to keep the peace between the races. He opposed or vetoed almost all the racist state legislature's anti-Negro bills; he criticized the spreading White Citizens' Councils. Last January he termed the legislature's resolution of nullification "nothing but hogwash," but he let the resolution pass without his signature so as to avoid an uproar.
In this spirit of moderation, Folsom submitted himself to...
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