To: tkathy
That seems to have changed with FDR.
Republican Teddy Roosevelt had George Washington Carver as a dinner guest at the White House (~1901).
Democrat (and former President of Princeton) Woodrow Wilson segregated the Federal Civil Service (~1914).
I'll give FDR credit for being sincere, I think he actually wanted Blacks to be treated equally before the law, despite the caviling of some in his own party. He *knew* he had nothing to fear from the Republicans.
40 posted on
06/19/2006 10:06:09 AM PDT by
Lonesome in Massachussets
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I read somewhere that FDR vetoed a republican effort to pass anti lynching laws.
42 posted on
06/19/2006 11:35:24 AM PDT by
tkathy
(The "can do" party can fix anything. The "do-nothing" party always makes things worse.)
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