– and resistance to the"Civil Rights Bills of 1957 and 1964, and vote against the Voting Rights Bill of 1965."
"On the other hand, we must also weigh his contributions as a president of the University and as a U.S. senator, including opposition to the Vietnam war and perhaps his greatest legacy, the Fulbright International Exchange Program, likely the most prestigious, far-reaching and important exchange program in the world," Steinmetz said.
Clinton also lauded the Fulbright Scholarship Program as a"perfect example of Bill Fulbright's faith, different kinds of people learning side by side, building what he called ‘a capacity for empathy, a distaste for killing other men, and an inclination for peace.
"Ultimately, the goal and desire is to create a healthy dialogue, to minimize hurt feelings, and challenge false dichotomies – that you are either against Fulbright ... or else you are a racist," Steinmetz said."It is just more complicated than that." Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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