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→Franklin Roosevelt
[[Franklin Roosevelt]] appointed [[Ku Klux Klan]] Grand Wizard [[Hugo Black]] to the Supreme Court. FDR excluded the 4-time gold medalist [[Jesse Owens]] from the customary [[White House]] visit by [[Olympics|Olympic]] athletes. As Jesse Owens later explained:<ref>https://fee.org/articles/hitler-didn-t-snub-me-it-was-our-president/</ref>
[[Franklin Roosevelt]] appointed [[Ku Klux Klan]] Grand Wizard [[Hugo Black]] to the Supreme Court. FDR excluded the 4-time gold medalist [[Jesse Owens]] from the customary [[White House]] visit by [[Olympics|Olympic]] athletes. As Jesse Owens later explained:<ref>https://fee.org/articles/hitler-didn-t-snub-me-it-was-our-president/</ref>
{{Quotebox|[[Hitler]] didn’t snub me; it was our president [[FDR]] who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send a telegram.}}
{{Quotebox|[[Hitler]] didn’t snub me; it was our president [[FDR]] who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send a telegram.}}
Franklin Roosevelt always opposed Republican civil rights bills and anti-lynching legislation.
===Harry Truman===
===Harry Truman===