Name some past presidents who are racist
I say Lyndon B. Johnson & Richard Nixon
41-45, M
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bijouxbroussard · F
LBJ was originally a "Dixiecrat". But he did push through both the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which effectively made racial segregation illegal, and the Voters’ Rights Act of 1965, which was protecting voters, giving some kind of recourse, until this century, when the GOP took the teeth out of it. JFK had authored these acts, and after his assassination, many didn’t believe Johnson would honor them. But surprisingly, he did.
It would probably be easier to name the presidents who weren’t racists; all the slave-owning ones had to be.
Andrew Johnson, president after Lincoln’s assassination, was a Southern sympathizer who helped dismantle the Reconstruction accomplishments and even gave reparations intended for freed slaves to some slaveowners to compensate them for "loss of property".
Woodrow Wilson was just one of the presidents of his era who supported Jim Crow laws, under which states could authorize separate facilities not only for schools but for hospitals and clinics, sports events, restaurants, barbershops, railroad and bus stations, restrooms, beaches, public parks, and many other places.
It would probably be easier to name the presidents who weren’t racists; all the slave-owning ones had to be.
Andrew Johnson, president after Lincoln’s assassination, was a Southern sympathizer who helped dismantle the Reconstruction accomplishments and even gave reparations intended for freed slaves to some slaveowners to compensate them for "loss of property".
Woodrow Wilson was just one of the presidents of his era who supported Jim Crow laws, under which states could authorize separate facilities not only for schools but for hospitals and clinics, sports events, restaurants, barbershops, railroad and bus stations, restrooms, beaches, public parks, and many other places.