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→The Democrat Party's role in Civil Rights
'''Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman'''
'''Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman'''
[[Franklin Roosevelt]] appointed [[Ku Klux Klan]] Grand Wizard [[Hugo Black]] to the Supreme Court. Franklin Roosevelt always opposed Republican civil rights bills and anti-lynching legislation.
[[Franklin Roosevelt]] appointed [[Ku Klux Klan]] Grand Wizard [[Hugo Black]] to the Supreme Court. Franklin Roosevelt always opposed Republican civil rights bills and anti-[[lynching]] legislation.
FDR excluded the four-time [[Olympics|Olympic]] gold medalist [[Jesse Owens]] from the customary [[White House]] visit by Olympic athletes. As Jesse Owens later explained:<ref>https://fee.org/articles/hitler-didn-t-snub-me-it-was-our-president/</ref>
FDR excluded the four-time [[Olympics|Olympic]] gold medalist [[Jesse Owens]] from the customary [[White House]] visit by Olympic athletes. As Jesse Owens later explained:<ref>https://fee.org/articles/hitler-didn-t-snub-me-it-was-our-president/</ref>