Which lead to the passage of the two greatest civil rights laws, and the greatest expansion of civil rights, in this country's history other than the ending of slavery itself.
He said himself he was, until he became a teacher, teaching minority children. People who got self righteous did not accomplish much. Using the prejudice against them was a tactic. Truman grew up in a former slave state, not long after the civil war. One of the most bigoted places in the world. After WWI and WWII he had seen the heroism of black soldiers, and the violence against them when they came home. which was part of the reason he integrated the military.more »
They would not know that he NEVER said any such thing. All they had to say was they did not hear him say it. LBJ was noted for spinning the Southern politicians to promote the civil rights agenda.
Are you sure that was his voice? It's pretty damn sure it was not on camera. I am not saying he didn't say it, I will say he manipulated Southern politicians like that all the time, all the while getting things done they did not want to do.more »
You are a fraud. Democrats and Republicans both used the term back then. Southerners, mostly. The division was not so strongly Dem or GOP, but North or South, when it came to racial issues.
