I'm going to make her cry. I'm going to sing ‘Dixie' until she cries.” [in an elevator to Carol Moseley-Braun, the first African-American woman elected to the Senate]. (Jesse Helms)

I'm going to make her cry. I'm going to sing ‘Dixie' until she cries.” [in an elevator to Carol Moseley-Braun, the first African-American woman elected to the Senate].

Jesse Helms

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