James Elisha Folsom, Sr. (October 9, 1908 – November 21, 1987), commonly known as Jim Folsom or "Big Jim", was the Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1947 to 1951, and again from 1955 to 1959. Born in Coffee County, Alabama, Folsom is perhaps best-remembered as being among the first Southern governors to embrace integration and civil rights for African Americans.
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- James Elisha Folsom, Sr. (October 9, 1908 – November 21, 1987), commonly known as Jim Folsom or "Big Jim", was the Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1947 to 1951, and again from 1955 to 1959. Born in Coffee County, Alabama, Folsom is perhaps best-remembered as being among the first Southern governors to embrace integration and civil rights for African Americans. In his Christmas message on December 25, 1949 he said that "As long as the Negroes are held down by deprivation and lack of opportunity, the other poor people will be held down alongside them". Folsom started out as an insurance salesman after serving in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II. He attended the University of Alabama, Howard College, and George Washington University, however he never obtained a college degree. Before his gubernatorial campaigns he won a race only once: to be a delegate to the 1944 Democratic National Convention, during which he was a strong supporter of keeping Vice President Henry A. Wallace on the ticket. He was first elected governor of Alabama in 1946 after waging a colorful campaign that included entertaining voters with a hillbilly band and brandishing a mop and bucket which he said would "clean out" the Capitol. Despite some scandal in his administration, he was easily reelected in 1954 (the 1901 constitution of Alabama forbade a governor from succeeding himself, which at the time was a common provision in the constitutions of many Southern states). Folsom stood six-foot eight-inches tall and was often referred to as "the little man's big friend". December 1, 1955 during Folsom's second term, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery city bus. Her actions sparked the modern Civil Rights Movement. In 1962, Folsom again ran for governor against his one-time protege George Wallace but was defeated. It is believed that one of the reasons for this was a television appearance where Folsom appeared to be seriously intoxicated. Folsom was never again elected to public office and died in Cullman, Alabama in 1987. His niece, Cornelia Ellis Snivley, was married to George Wallace from 1971 to 1978. In 1958 Governor Folsom commuted a death sentence imposed on James E. Wilson, an African-American sentenced to death for a $1.95 robbery. The Wilson case sparked international protests, but some segregationists called for Folsom to not commute the sentence. On the other hand, Folsom did not intervee in other controversial case of Jeremiah Reeves, who was electrocuted the same year, also sparking protests. A documentary film about Big Jim Folsom entitled "Big Jim Folsom: The Two Faces of Populism" was produced in 1996 by Alabama filmmaker Robert Clem, and won the 1997 International Documentary Association/ABCNews VideoSource Award and the Southeastern Filmmaker Award at the 1997 Atlanta Film Festival.
- James Elisha Folsom Sr. , auch bekannt als "Big Jim", war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und der 45. Gouverneur von Alabama.
- James Elisha "Jim" Folsom, Sr. oli yhdysvaltalainen demokraattisen puolueen poliitikko, joka toimi Alabaman kuvernöörinä 1947–1951 sekä uudelleen 1955–1959. Jim Folsomin (Sr. ) poika on Jim Folsom, Jr. , joka itsekin on poliitikko ja entinen kuvernööri.
- James Elisha Folsom, Senior - amerykański polityk demokratyczny z Alabamy. Dwukrotnie pełnił urząd gubernatora tego stanu w latach 1947-1951 i 1955-1959. Jako pierwszy południowy gubernator zaczął obejmować ludność kolorową integracją i usiłował rozszerzyć jej prawa obywatelskie. W 1962 ponownie kandydował w prawyborach przeciwko swemu wieloletniemu protegowanemu George'owi Wallace'owi, ale tym razem przegrał. Jego syn, Jim Folsom, junior, również pełnił urząd gubernatora Alabamy.
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- January 19, 1959
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- James Elisha Folsom, Sr. (October 9, 1908 – November 21, 1987), commonly known as Jim Folsom or "Big Jim", was the Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1947 to 1951, and again from 1955 to 1959. Born in Coffee County, Alabama, Folsom is perhaps best-remembered as being among the first Southern governors to embrace integration and civil rights for African Americans.
- James Elisha Folsom Sr. , auch bekannt als "Big Jim", war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und der 45. Gouverneur von Alabama.
- James Elisha "Jim" Folsom, Sr. oli yhdysvaltalainen demokraattisen puolueen poliitikko, joka toimi Alabaman kuvernöörinä 1947–1951 sekä uudelleen 1955–1959. Jim Folsomin (Sr. ) poika on Jim Folsom, Jr. , joka itsekin on poliitikko ja entinen kuvernööri.
- James Elisha Folsom, Senior - amerykański polityk demokratyczny z Alabamy. Dwukrotnie pełnił urząd gubernatora tego stanu w latach 1947-1951 i 1955-1959. Jako pierwszy południowy gubernator zaczął obejmować ludność kolorową integracją i usiłował rozszerzyć jej prawa obywatelskie. W 1962 ponownie kandydował w prawyborach przeciwko swemu wieloletniemu protegowanemu George'owi Wallace'owi, ale tym razem przegrał.
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