On the recordJune 24, 2009
We needed Federal laws and Federal troops to go in to have this Attorney General's sister-in-law integrate the University of Alabama.
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congress.govChuck Schumer: “We needed Federal laws and Federal troops to go in to have this Attorney General's sister-in-law integrate the…”
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Schumer recalls the historical need for federal intervention in civil rights.
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