Ezekiel Candler Gathings | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 1st district | |
| In office January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1969 | |
| Preceded by | William J. Driver |
| Succeeded by | Bill Alexander |
| Member of the Arkansas Senate from the Thirty-second district | |
| In office January 14, 1935[1] – January 9, 1939[2] | |
| Preceded by | Marvin B. Norfleet[3] |
| Succeeded by | J. O. E. Beck, Jr.[4] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 10, 1903 Prairie, Mississippi |
| Died | May 2, 1979 (aged 75) West Memphis, Arkansas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Alabama (did not graduate) University of Arkansas School of Law |
Ezekiel Candler "Took" Gathings (November 10, 1903 – May 2, 1979) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, representing Arkansas' First Congressional District from 1939 to 1969. A Democrat and segregationist conservative, Gathings was an ally of Strom Thurmond, and stood against all civil rights legislation. Gathings also chaired the 1952 House Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials, which advocated for censorship of obscene magazines, books, and comics.[5]
- ^ "SOS" (1998), p. 289.
- ^ "SOS" (1998), p. 270.
- ^ "SOS" (1998), p. 287-288.
- ^ "SOS" (1998), p. 292-293.
- ^ Speer, Lisa K. 2001. “Paperback Pornography: Mass Market Novels and Censorship in Post-War America.” Journal of American & Comparative Cultures 24 (3/4): 153–60