There a lot of stories like that on both sides. Sen Byrd. So what? Neither are the majority of either party.
If I remember right it was RFK as AG that enabled Meredith to integrate Ole Miss and many other schools too.
And then there is Eisenhower. http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2007/11/21/an_inside_look_at_eisenhowers_civil_rights_record/
Before him, Truman took the first steps to integrate the military which Ike finished by ordering all enlisted and officer ratings/billets be opened to all regardless of race.
We could probably go back to FDR and Hoover but it gets tiring.
Re: ...and Napoleon defeated Wellington at Waterloo
If I remember right it was RFK as AG that enabled Meredith to integrate Ole Miss and many other schools too.
And then there is Eisenhower. http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2007/11/21/an_inside_look_at_eisenhowers_civil_rights_record/
Before him, Truman took the first steps to integrate the military which Ike finished by ordering all enlisted and officer ratings/billets be opened to all regardless of race.
We could probably go back to FDR and Hoover but it gets tiring.