Was Reagan an Enemy of Civil Rights?

I don't think so.

Though civil rights leaders mocked him and ridiculed his claim, Reagan’s Justice Department was far more aggressive in prosecuting, and getting convictions, in high profile police abuse and racially motivated murder cases than the Carter administration. Reagan continued to be especially sensitive, and on occasion speak out, on the issue of racially motivated violence.

In his last message to Congress before departing the White House in 1988, Reagan claimed that his Justice Department had prosecuted more criminal civil rights cases than any other administration in American history.

Though civil rights leaders continued to assail Reagan’s record on civil rights enforcement, Reagan’s Justice Department had taken a genuine activist role in criminal civil rights enforcement.

Racial Paradox of Reagan Presidency