Was JFK's death beneficial to race relations?

Question

JFK would have never been able to pass a Civil Rights Bill with teeth like the ones LBJ did. The Civil Rights Bill was passed when the civil rights movement was still relatively peaceful and this might have set the tone for race relations since then. Had the Civil Rights Bill not been enacted for another ten years, it might have been passed due to a violent civil rights movement and extremism might have festered to a greater degree than it did. But maybe not . Did JFK's death ultimately result in better race relations?

Answer 1

There is a great article in the September “Atlantic Monthly” about this. And the conclusion reached is yes, JFK’s death was beneficial to race relations in the United States. The book the author writes about is called The Bystander: John F. Kennedy and the Struggle for Black Equality, by Nick Bryant. According to the book, John and Bobby both felt they need the Southern Democratic votes, both in The Congress, and if John were to get reelected. Bryant goes so far as to show that both John and Bobby tried to stop the march on Washington in 1963. His book also points out that the only reason the Kennedy boys help desegregate the University of Mississippi is because Nelson Rockefeller’s political moves forced them too. The article lists a number of books about the Kennedy Presidency, and most look at them truthfully, which is not in the most positive light.

Answer 2

Maybe not, because if he had lived, none of the destructive "civil rights" laws--which have really re-enslaved black Americans by restricting their upward mobility and stigmatized black achievement; as well as divided Americans into semi-hostile camps built around skin colour--would have been passed. Tensions would have persisted, but eventually, southern citizens would have gotten tired of their states being held back economically and socially because of oppressive race laws, and pressured their state governments to make changes without federal coercion.

I really think that Americans have only become further divided as a result of the passage of the "civil rights" laws, which have done nothing to increase the rights of any citizens. Kennedy's death was the worse thing which could have happened to black citizens, because it put Lyndon Johnson and his liberal allies in control of the agenda and destroyed whatever chances for true unity with mainstream society blacks had at that time.

Answer 3

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