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Barbecue eatery owner, segregationist Maurice Bessinger dies at 83
(A relative of mine in Columbia told me recently that someone else had taken over as CEO and stated that
he wasn't into politics. Thank goodness...)
By JOHN MONK
jmonk@thestate.comFebruary 24, 2014 Updated 13 minutes ago
Maurice Bessinger THE STATE NEWSPAPER
COLUMBIA, SC Maurice Bessinger, who was as famous for his barbecue shops and sauces as he was for his diehard segregation stands, has died at 83.
A Korean war veteran with a gentlemanly demeanor, a businessman who grew a restaurant business that employed 200 employees, a devout Baptist who supported missionaries abroad, Bessinger in many ways had a background as American as the finger-licking tasty Southern food his establishments were known for.
Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2014/02/24/3288326/barbecue-eatery-owner-segregationist.html#storylink=cpy
gopiscrap
(23,766 posts)TlalocW
(15,394 posts)beerandjesus
(1,301 posts)Mustard-based is how it's done in South Carolina.
It's pretty weird till you acquire a taste for it, but it's worth the effort!
TlalocW
(15,394 posts)Where I think he was working a story based in North Carolina or maybe featuring a representative from there, and he talked about the difference in bbq between the Carolinas - North Carolina's being vinegar-based. As he tried a plate, he would pretend to dry-heave and retch.
TlalocW
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)Paladin
(28,281 posts)jsr
(7,712 posts)La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)not impede their lives, is politics.
institutionalized racism is a political issue for most whites, but a personal issue to most AA's.
cordelia
(2,174 posts)Champ50
(10 posts)Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)It's just as good, without all the hate and racism.
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)For blacks to be "helped" by slavery when two-thirds of them DIED on their way over here.
cali
(114,904 posts)fuck him.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)hopefully he's experiencing a lot of regret right now.