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30 Issues | A History of Politicians Talking About Race in America
Starting with Nixon and his Southern Strategy through Obama’s famous 2008 speech “A More Perfect Union,” presidential candidates often define their campaign and win loyal followers through the ways they choose to respond to racial tensions.
Peniel Joseph, founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy and professor of history at the University of Texas-Austin, looks at the history of race as a prominent campaign issue coming out of the Civil Rights Era.
@BrianLehrer both political parties use disenfranchised to get elected #civilrights
— DC (@draecampbell) June 15, 2016