I am trying to think back to the 1950s and the 1960s. How many rights of African Americans in the South were protected by the filibuster in the 1950s?
Douglas Alexander: “I am trying to think back to the 1950s and the 1960s. How many rights of African Americans in the South were protected…”
Editor's note · Context
Discussing the historical impact of the filibuster on civil rights during a Senate debate.
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