If they remember him at all, it’s usually for the scandals that rocked his administration or possibly his premature death while in office.
Lest we continue to forget him, we ought to spotlight two significant speeches he delivered shortly after taking office in 1921.
The first speech took place at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania; the second at Birmingham, Alabama’s semicentennial celebration. These two moments from his short term in office make Harding unforgettable and perhaps shed light on how to promote healthy race relations in our nation today.
