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Article: MARSHALL CRITICIZES REAGAN AT THE 'BOTTOM' ON CIVIL RIGHTS.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- September 9, 1987
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Byline: Stuart Taylor Jr. New York Times
Justice Thurgood Marshall of the Supreme Court, in a highly unusual public criticism of a sitting president, has said in a television interview that Ronald Reagan ranked at "the bottom" of U.S. presidents in terms of racial justice.
In the interview, to be broadcast Sept. 13, Marshall said of Reagan: "Honestly, I think he's down with Hoover and that group. Wilson. When we really didn't have a chance." The word "we" was a reference to blacks.
Marshall confirmed Tuesday that he made the remarks in an interview with the columnist Carl Rowan. But he did not elaborate on his criticism of Reagan.
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