John Fitzgerald Kennedy:
President of the United States.
US Senator.
Was an admirer of Adolf Hitler in his personal diary, saying: "Hitler will emerge from the hatred that surrounds him now as one of the most significant figures who ever lived. He had in him the stuff of which legends are made,"
Opposed Civil Rights legislation until he ran for president.
Supported Civil Right as presidential candidate, although a leading civil rights leader and nation hero Jack Roosevelt 'JACKIE' Robinson said he was appalled by Kennedy and that Kennedy was unable to look him in the eye when they held meetings.
As president opposed new Civil Rights legislation.
Democrat Godking.
Initially oppose Martin Luther King Junior's 'I HAVE A DREAM' speech ... until public pressure caused the flip.