Egypt is a very fun place I live there so I would know
The immigrants that faced the worst kind of discrimination would be the Asian immigrants coming from China and Japan and Korea. When they came to California on boats and put through Angel Island they were bullied. Then as WW2 started and PearlHarbor happened then Asians were greatly discriminated upon.
The first superintendent of Louisiana State University was "Col. W.T. Sherman," since this was when the institution was first established, and many thought that his leadership would have the most impact.