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Presidents have a long history of condescension, indifference and outright racism towards Black Americans

  • Written by Stephen A. Jones, Adjunct Instructor of History, Central Michigan University
imageTheodore Roosevelt was one of many U.S. presidents who was racist.Bettman/Getty

The fury over racial injustice that erupted in the wake of George Floyd’s killing has forced Americans to confront their history. That’s unfamiliar territory for most Americans, whose historical knowledge amounts to a vague blend of fact and myth that was...

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