"Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v.Board of Education of Topeka (1954), African American and white supporters attempted to end entrenched segregationist practices."
Whereas the arts initiatives of the 1960s sought to give the world a more favorable view of Cold War, segregationist America in light of worldwide liberation struggles during the post colonial era.
But whether Kennedy could have sustained improvements to his marriage and his health, and got a strong civil-rights bill past Southern segregationists in Congress, is less clear-cut.
Kamala Harris, to her credit, called him out on that, on being a segregationist who said he didn't want his kids growing up in a racial jungle, and was trying to block schools from integrating the buses.
Back in the U.S., she didn't hesitate to confront powerful organizations, fighting the segregationist policies of the YMCA and leading a delegation to the White House to protest discriminatory workplace practices.
For the record, I want it to be known and I want it to be quoted that Camille Foster does not hold the segregationist views of Strom Thurmond against Strom Thurmond.
And, of course, the symbolic nature of him breaking the record held by the segregationist Strom Thurmond was also something that was extremely impactful on the floor at that moment.
But everyone at the time understands that when this legislation is crafted, Southern segregationist Democrats have a really key role in determining how it's going to be deployed.
And rather than building our highway system against this backdrop of the promise of connection and equality, instead it was built as a segregationist tool.