Early in Jimmy Carter’s political career, his apparent ambivalence toward segregation cost him support.
In 1966, a groundswell of segregationists put Lester Maddox into office. Four years later, Carter minimized his appearances before Black audiences and even asked segregationists for their endorsement.
It worked, so when he took office, many were shocked when he said the time for racial discrimination was over.
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