On this day, President Richard Nixon formally rejected a list of sixty demands put forth by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), which had been pressing for stronger federal commitments to Black communities. Nixon stated that his administration would continue to support “jobs, income, and tangible benefits—the pledges that this society has made to the disadvantaged in the past decade.” The CBC expressed deep disappointment with the response, noting that it lacked meaningful commitments and failed to address the structural inequities their demands aimed to remedy.
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