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James O. Eastland</h1>\n <p class=\"note-timestamp\">Updated Jun 20, 2019 at 9:28 PM EST</p>\n </div>\n </div>\n <div class=\"context-body\">\n <div class=\"notes-inner-content context-block\">\n <p>The letters were obtained from the University of Mississippi, which houses Sen. James O. Eastland’s archived papers.<br/></p><p>The correspondence from 1972 to 1978 shows Joe Biden, at the time a young senator, trying to establish a relationship with Eastland, a staunch segregationist. The letters highlight Biden's committee assignments and antibusing legislation. <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tensions-ripple-through-biden-campaign-as-his-past-working-relationship-with-a-segregationist-senator-comes-to-the-forefront/2019/06/20/2518afe6-9394-11e9-b570-6416efdc0803_story.html\" target=\"\">Read the story.</a><br/></p>\n \n <div class=\"context-pdf-box\" src=\"https://games-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/e350deaa-91a4-47b3-bcb8-9a86be48763f/note/bc5bda3e-8256-4313-acf7-6a0d29db51c3.pdf\" data-paginated=true data-page-count=30 data-page-pattern=\"https://games-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/e350deaa-91a4-47b3-bcb8-9a86be48763f/note/bc5bda3e-8256-4313-acf7-6a0d29db51c3/page-{page}.pdf\">\n <p>\n <span class=\"context-pdf-fallback\">Don't see the document? <a href=\"https://games-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/e350deaa-91a4-47b3-bcb8-9a86be48763f/note/bc5bda3e-8256-4313-acf7-6a0d29db51c3.pdf\">Click here to download the pdf.</a></span>\n </p>\n </div>\n \n <link href=\"https://games-cdn.washingtonpost.com/shared/notes/prod/embed-pdf.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\n <script src=\"https://games-cdn.washingtonpost.com/shared/notes/prod/embed-pdf.js\"></script>\n \n <div class=\"wrap-collapsible\">\n <input id=\"collapsible\" class=\"toggle\" type=\"checkbox\">\n <label for=\"collapsible\" class=\"lbl-toggle\">Summary</label>\n <div class=\"collapsible-content\">\n <div class=\"content-inner\">\n <p>\n The correspondence from 1972 to 1978 shows Joe Biden, at the time a young senator, trying to establish a relationship with Eastland, a staunch segregationist.\n </p>\n </div>\n </div>\n </div>\n </div>\n </div>\n</div>\n\n\n<script async>\n /* Replace the EST timestamp with the browsers locale */\n var node = document.querySelector(\"#note_705b015f-bd0a-4d7d-84e5-88960d5667a7 .note-timestamp\");\n var timestamp = new Date(\"2019-06-21T01:28:25Z\");\n var date = timestamp.toLocaleDateString('en-us', { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' });\n var time = timestamp.toLocaleTimeString(\"en-us\", { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric'});\n node.innerText = \"Updated \" + date + \" at \" + time;\n</script>\n"}