Turnipseed is a board member of the Carolina Peace Resource Center, which advances peace through research and education, and the S.C. Hispanic Leadership Council, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating for the Hispanic community. He is former Chairman of the Board of the Center for Democratic Renewal, formerly the National Anti-Klan Network which is an Atlanta-based civil rights organization.  He is the 2005 honorary Co-Chair of the NAACP.

These achievements seem incompatible with a man who was once a spokesman for former Alabama Gov. George Wallace, one of the South’s most notorious segregationists.

Turnipseed did not simply change his mind. He grew. He opened his eyes to civil unrest and injustice and took active steps to change the world around him. Turnipseed’s story is a story of evolution.

The PostScript : Tom Turnipseed Turned Around – The PostScript

Ahhhh… OK, I feel better now.