This man is the son and namesake of Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., who was a rare racial liberal in 1960s Atlanta.
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
This man is the son and namesake of Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., who was a rare racial liberal in 1960s Atlanta. If you've read WHITE FLIGHT, he was one of the leading voices against the Peyton Wall and one of the few legislators to back seating Julian Bond.
Now his son is building a monument to a racist
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
· 5h
they're creating new Trump cultists in a lab and putting them on Fox News. get a load of this guy.
1:10 PM · Apr 19, 2026
This man is the son and namesake of Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., who was a rare racial liberal in 1960s Atlanta. If you've read WHITE FLIGHT, he was one of the leading voices against the Peyton Wall and one of the few legislators to back seating Julian Bond.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2026-04-19T17:10:17.147Z
Now his son is building a monument to a racist
@atrupar.com
they're creating new Trump cultists in a lab and putting them on Fox News. get a load of this guy.
11:20 AM · Apr 19, 2026
they're creating new Trump cultists in a lab and putting them on Fox News. get a load of this guy.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-19T15:20:14.003Z
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