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16 de nov. de 2009 · Although his administration was much maligned for scandal and corruption, Harding was a progressive Republican politician who advocated full civil rights for African Americans and...
21 de oct. de 2016 · As the 1920 Republican presidential nominee, Harding had advocated civil rights for blacks, despite evidence of wide opposition among white voters. At the time, the NAACCP reported that...
In a 1921 speech, U.S. President Warren G. Harding argued for economic, political, and educational equality between white and Black Americans. What did this mean then, and what does it mean now?
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Recently, some revisionists see him as an important transitional figure whose easy-going ways helped bridge the gap between Wilsonian idealism and the business prosperity of the Coolidge and Hoover years. Harding is also given some credit for his progressive views on race and civil rights.
Former President Warren G. Harding is an unlikely choice for someone who has demonstrated political courage. He is one of the nation’s “Top Ten Forgettable Presidents” and is considered to have led an extremely boring campaign (James, 2009). Yet, this is a drastically incomplete narrative. From a young age, authority was thrust upon ...
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21 de jun. de 2020 · The Republican president who called for racial justice in America after Tulsa massacre. Warren G. Harding’s comments about race and equality were remarkable for 1921. By James D....
21 de oct. de 2021 · There in Birmingham, President Harding became the first American president of the 20th Century to openly call for the political equality of blacks in largely white America. The audience was segregated—20,000 whites in the front, 10,000 blacks in the rear. When the President finished, the cheers all came from the back.
