MSNBC The ReidOut June 4, 2024 00:34:00
Is his humanity and his record on civil rights. he was a new south governor at a time when we were trying to turn the page on jim crow in the south. he got defeated by a segregationist in 1966 but did not let them deter him and won the governorship in 1970 and really led the nation. a southern governor leading the nation for civil rights and civil liberties and social justice. appointing african americans to boards and agencies both as governor and president. that had never been done before. the first two black federal judges in alabama were appointed by jimmy carter, and in fact, we still onl...