Make America Great, Du Bois-style: Unsent petition to JFK asks for sweeping changes
Nearly 50 years ago, someone wanted a U.S. president to make America great.
A hard-hitting petition written in 1961 by W.E.B. Du Bois to John F. Kennedy — but never sent — mapped out what Du Bois said was the way to gain the world’s respect, and told Kennedy that African-Americans held great hope that he would make fast and sweeping changes, like ending states’ rights that allowed racism and brutality to fester.
