Garfield on the Enemy: Racial Inequality

Garfield believed that every man, no matter his color, had a say in the U.S. government. More

In the only major speech of his presidential campaign, Garfield spoke to 50,000 in New York on the issue closest to his heart: the fate of ex-slaves in the South. Many Northerners felt they had sacrificed enough for African Americans but Garfield believed that every man in America, no matter his color, had a say in the government.

AIR DATE 2/2/16