In 1971 phone call, Reagan called African diplomats “monkeys” who are “still uncomfortable wearing shoes.” Nixon laughed, but Reagan's daughter cried

1982.02.10 — President Reagan nominates a black evangelist and noted anti-gay Storm Thurmond ally named Sam Hart, to fill a vacancy on the US Civil Rights Commission. Hart withdraws as protests mount, blaming the homosexuals for “sabotaging” his nomination.
 
In 1981, reporter Sam Donaldson asked President Reagan if MLK "was a Communist sympathizer."
Reagan replied: "We'll know in about 35 years, won't we"

 
in the 80's, Bishop Desmond Tutu moved to retract an earlier statement that Reagan is a "crypto-racist" and pronounced him a "racist" pure and simple.
 

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