There were several errors the July 21 issue of the Collegian on the opinion page.

There were several errors the July 21 issue of the Collegian on the opinion page.

George H. W. Bush was not the first president to appoint an African American to the Supreme Court. In 1967, Lyndon Johnson appointed Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court.


George W. Bush was not the first president to fill two cabinet posts with minority candidates. Bill Clinton appointed six minority secretaries.


Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was opposed by some Democrats, notably those from the South, the majority of Democrats supported it. The Act itself was proposed by John Kennedy, a Democrat, and was supported by Johnson when he became president. In the House, 61 percent of Democrats voted in favor of the Act, and 68 percent of Democrats in the Senate voted for it.

The Collegian regrets these errors.