Was Huey Long the last great Deep Southern politician?

>>3037356
What about Jimmy Cuckter? Although he cared more about poor foreigners than poor Americans.

>>3037356

There is some debate about how much Huey Long actually intended to help non-whites in the south, but it is generally agreed that his policies, regardless of their intentions, benefited blacks disproportionately. For example, one of his more famous programs was to try to combat rampant illiteracy by offering free (government-funded) writing courses for adults. This program, ostensibly intended to benefit poor southern farmers, quickly became extremely popular among African Americans. For many southern blacks, these courses represented their first opportunity in life to receive a formal education.