There was a time when an American presidential election seemed to signal the end of racism, or as one paper said, "the burial of the demon of American prejudice." The year was 1868, and the new President-Elect was Ulysses S. Grant.
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There was a time when an American presidential election seemed to signal the end of racism, or as one paper said, "the burial of the demon of American prejudice." The year was 1868, and the new President-Elect was Ulysses S. Grant.