Add to ORKGIn this presentation we are going to take an in depth look at Robert C. Byrd\u27s life. Where he grew up, how he was involved in the community, and where his rise to becoming the United States last great senator began. As we go through the journey of Senator Byrd\u27s life, we will be examining and emphasizing his main accomplishments for the great state of West Virginia as well as looking at some of the more controversial aspects of his life such as his association and participation in the infamous Ku Klux Klan and his known letters filled with not so kind remarks about African Americans in which he sent to Senator Theodore G. Bilbo of Mississippi who is notorious for his legacy of hate. The main goal of this paper and presentation is to i...