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Bell’s Civil Rights Record Faces Senate Review
Griffin Bell, 58, Atlanta attorney and Carter’s nominee for attorney general, opposed busing for school integration but used legal tools to advance desegregation. He ordered receivership in Taliaferro County and protected demonstrators, while advocating district zoning and pairing schools to end separate but equal systems. Bell’s approach drew praise for upholding civil rights while drawing NAACP and SCLC criticism over busing and remedies.
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Atlanta
Jimmy Carter
Griffin Bell
Lee
Bell
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Clarence Mitchell
NAACP
Washington
Rep
Parren Mitchell
Dmd
Congressional Black Caucus
Ery Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Earl Warren Supreme Court
Aberdeen
Miss
J Bell
Congress
Corpus Christi, Tex
Frank Read
University of Tulsa
Okla
Law School
Texas
Orange County
Fla
Supreme Court
Naacp Bell
Jackson, Miss
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Jackson
Mississippi
Taliaferro County
New Orleans