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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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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Schumer recalls the historical need for federal intervention in civil rights.

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