The right to vote was passed and placed in the bill of rights (15th amendment) in 1870 part of the reconstruction era. So during 1960's during the civil rights movement the right to vote was not one of their goals because it was already in effect for African Americans to vote.
JFK was the first former scout to be President. Gerald Ford was the first and only Eagle Scout to be president. Bill Clinton and GW Bush were cub scouts. Since the inception of scouting in 1910 nearly all of the presidents have had some realtionship to scouting, often as adult leaders.
Publisher. A+E Networks. On this day in 1922, President Warren G. Harding, while addressing a crowd at the dedication of a memorial site for the composer of the âStar Spangled Banner,â Francis Scott Key, becomes the first president to have his voice transmitted by radio.ill Clinton was the first president to set up a White House website. Improvements in communication technology have also allowed presidents to reach substantially greater numbers of their constituents: In 1829, President Andrew Jackson spoke to approximately 10,000 people at his inauguration.