> like the governer at that time, weren't actually doing anything to achieve true equality I think that overstates the article's position. The article mentio

> like the governer at that time, weren't actually doing anything to achieve true equality I think that overstates the article's position. The article mentions several things the governor did to works towards equality: > He worked to extend the vote to disenfranchised blacks. He wanted to equalize salaries between white and black schoolteachers. He routinely commuted the death sentences of blacks convicted in what he believed were less than fair trials. He made no attempt to segregate the crowd at his inaugural address. “Ya’ll come,” he would say to one and all, making a proud and lonely stand for racial justice.