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Old 09-13-2021, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by jimjamuser View Post
President Johnson pushed through Civil Rights Legislation, but it did NOT go far enough. it needed mechanisms to eliminate "ghettoes" and encourage non-white home purchases in White areas. It needed Federal laws against restrictive building codes that were NOT for safety, but rather, to maintain racial separation. Also, adoption laws that REQUIRED adoption of different races - would have been NICE. The US MISSED its WINDOW of opportunity toward FULL equality in the 1960s!
Are you familiar with his notorious comment about what would happen once he passed the bill?
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