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Ericka Simone @ErickaSimone@mastodon.social

9/24/2025, 4:11:36 PM

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Forever thinking about Alabama AG (and eventually governor) Bill Baxley who, when threatened by the KKK for pursuing justice for the 4 girls killed in a KKK Black church bombing back in 1968 (Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Addie Mae Collins and Cynthia Wesley, say their names), responded with the most legendary retort you could ever put on government letterhead paper:

KISS MY ASS.

Threatening letter to the then AG of Alabama, Bill Baxley:

NATIONAL STATES RIGHTS PARTY
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
State of Alabama
501 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, Alabama 30061
February 19, 1976
Dear Mr. Baxley,
We would like to congratulate you, you are now an honorary [slur removed].
We hope that you are proud of yourself now, you WHITE [slur removed]. We hope and pray that you are soon blessed with the same condition that the [slur removed]-lover Kennedy contracted, which is DEAD... a long time dead...
It may happen sooner than you think too......
(Signed)
Dr. Edward R. Fields
National States Rights Party

A letter from the Attorney General of Alabama, Bill Baxley, dated February 20, 1976, addressed to "Dr." Edward R. Fields of the National States Rights Party. The letter contains a notably dismissive response to a prior correspondence.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
STATE OF ALABAMA
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36130
(Alabama Great Seal)
WILLIAM J. BAXLEY
Attorney General

Dear “Dr.” Fields:
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is — kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
(signature)
BILL BAXLEY
Attorney General

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