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Nov 16, 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...
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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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Oct 21, 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...
Harding meant that the American Negro must acknowledge that it was a wrong and a disgrace for Booker T. Washington to dine with President Roosevelt! The answer to this inconceivably dangerous and undemocratic demand must come with the unanimous ring of 12 million voices, enforced by the voice of every American who believes in Humanity.
Oct 26, 2016 · Harding supported the Dyer Bill, which would have made lynching a federal crime, penalized local officials for negligence, and fined a county $10,000 if a lynching occurred in its jurisdiction...
Apr 2, 2014 · Additionally, Harding personally championed civil liberties for African Americans, and his administration supported liberalizing farm credit.
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Perhaps most importantly, unlike his predecessor Wilson, Harding was generally tolerant on civil liberties, honestly criticizing the unfair treatment of African Americans. He once lectured a segregated crowd of thirty thousand people at the University of Alabama on the virtues of racial equality and the evils of segregation.
