On the morning of June 13, 1967, something historic happened.
As if hammering the final nail into the coffin of white supremacy, President Johnson decided to do something unprecedented....
he nominated a Negro to the highest Court in the land
Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle
6. So we used the tool we had. And that racist magnificent statesman did more legislatively for Black people than any president before him, and probably after.
And it was 61 years ago today that President Johnson gave one of the most impactful presidential speeches in American history