Talk:E. H. Crump

Sealed birth certificates
What connection does the article imply between Crump's legacy and "sealed birth certificates for adoptees"? Is the implication that closed adoption records are the result of kidnappings? Rammer (talk) 05:00, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Tennessee Children's Home Scandal
It is not mentioned anywhere in the history of E.H. Boss Crump his involvement using his position to enable and assist Georgia Tann in her elaborate child trafficking business through the Tennessee Children's Home, which included children illegally taken and stolen, the list of crimes could fill this page. This was an illegal abuse of power and his involvement should be mentioned in his profile. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LaurieNortie (talk • contribs) 15:54, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

African Americans
I'm boldly removing this from the lead, posted 14 December 2021: -- 1) Nothing like this is mentioned in the article text. -- 2) The way it's worded, it isn't clear without close reading that Crump is referring specifically to some (not all) African American political organizers, and not to the general Black voting population - which, in my understanding, Crump was always careful to cultivate. All this is discussed in the second paragraph in the Politics section. -- 3) The N-word: Without getting into a discussion of Wikipedia's policy on censoring, the direct quote seems unnecessary, and unnecessarily provocative. Regardless of whether Crump used the word in reference specifically to the organizers he was angry at, or to Blacks in general, at that time and place it was used in general conversation among Whites. What he said to the interviewer could pretty easily be summarized in an indirect quote - if it's felt useful to include at all. Milkunderwood (talk) 08:45, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
 * "He allied with African American political organizers to help secure Federal funds from Republican administrations. Once Franklin Roosevelt was in power as president Crump turned on them and attacked them. He told an interviewer, "You have a bunch of niggers teaching social equality, stirring up racial hatred. I am not going to stand for it. I’ve dealt with niggers all my life, and I know how to treat them."