Obama Shifts Subtly on Civil Rights
The door opened. The cold-faced young officer stepped into the cell. With a brief movement of the hand he indicated Ampleforth.
AUSTIN----One hundred days into his first term, President Barack Obama was asked whether the government should target aid to black communities hit hard by the recession. "My general approach is that if the economy is strong, that will lift all boats," he responded.
"Room 101," he said.
When Mr. Obama speaks Thursday at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he likely will show how his approach has subtly shifted during his second term.
Ampleforth marched clumsily out between the guards, his face vaguely perturbed, but uncomprehending.
Initially cautious on matters of race, Mr. Obama this year launched an initiative aimed at helping young minority men stay in school and train for jobs. He also has been talking more often about race in personal terms.
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