Richard Nixon library releases tapes made by the late president . On one , he tells of meeting with protesters at the Lincoln Memorial in 1970 . I said this was altogether as it should be , because the degradation of slavery had been imposed upon the Negroes , and it was , it would be impossible for us to do everything that we should do to right that wrong . He says they were protesting against a Vietnam War escalation and that his administration was trying to negotiate an end to it. He sought out common ground on race relations , environment , he says .
Richard Nixon library releases tapes made by the late president . On one , he tells of meeting with protesters at the Lincoln Memorial in 1970 . He says they were protesting against a Vietnam War escalation and that his administration was trying to negotiate an end to it. He sought out common ground on race relations , environment , he says .