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The Ying and Yang of Gerald Ford on Race:
In college, Ford nearly quit the Michigan football team when his best friend and roommate, Black player Willis Ward, was benched to appease Georgia Tech’s refusal to play against a Black man — a genuine act of personal loyalty.
As a Congressman, he backed civil rights consistently, voting in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964, and 1968, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 24th Amendment.
Yet as President, Ford drew sharp criticism from civil rights leaders for opposing school busing as a tool for integration — contradicting much of his earlier record and suggesting that when civil rights came at a political or social cost, his commitment had its limits.