As the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King's life and legacy approaches on Monday, I ponder the fact that many Americans were disappointed/ apathetic about our choices in the 2016 elections...
There are many people who I feel would've been an excellent POTUS...of course this list is highly subjective. Most of the selections had extensive political and social/ civil rights activist experience in their resumes.
I feel that if given the opportunity within the context of their historical era, they would have helped shape a much different world to be...
Less: Imperialistic...Militaristic...Capitalistic...Racist...Sexist...Greedy...Hypocritical...etc.
More: Egalitarian...Empathetic...Collaborative...Generous...Just...Principled...etc.
I hope you spend some time researching those who you may not know as much about and add you own choices in the comments.
I have listed my choices alphabetically.
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| Abigail Adams |
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| James Baldwin |
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| Mary McLeod Bethune |
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| Cesar Chavez |
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| Shirley Chisholm |
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| Henry Clay |
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| Eugene Debs |
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| Medgar Evers |
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| Frederick Douglass |
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| W.E.B. DuBois |
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| James Farmer |
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| Fannie Lou Hamer |
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| Dolores Huerta |
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| Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt |
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| Daniel Inouye |
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| Jack Kemp |
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| Martin Luther King, JR |
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| Robert Kennedy |
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| Robert LaFollette |
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| John Lewis |
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| Gerald Nye |
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| Wendell Phillips |
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| A. Philip Randolph |
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| Paul Robeson |
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| Eleanor Roosevelt |
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| Thaddeus Stevens |
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| Tatanka Iyotanka |
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| Henry Wallace |
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| Ida B. Wells |
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| Richard Wright |
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