It’s interesting really regarding Nixon and Civil Rights. Jackie Robinson endorsed him in 1960 because he felt he had a better record than Kennedy on the issue. Now, Jackie really liked and admired Nelson Rockefeller but he liked Nixon in 1960. By 1964, he had grown disgusted with the GOP when they nominated Goldwater who he understandably saw as a threat to the Civil Rights campaign. By 1968, Jackie was supporting Humphrey for president. Humphrey was perhaps one of the greatest Civil Rights advocates of all time. I still love hearing his speech at the 1948 DNC where he urges the Democratic Party to leave the darkness of states rights and enter the bright sunshine of human rights. And yes if you’re wondering, HappyWarrior is a tribute to him not Al Smith though I have reasons for liking Al too. Martin Luther King Sr had endorsed Nixon but when the Kennedy brothers arranged to bail out MLK from a jail, he switcehd his support. It’s too bad Nixon did the Southern Strategy. I think he’d be remembered more fondly if he hadn’t done it. A true deal with the devil and I say this a southerner.