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Segregation Could Weaken Democrats
Washington columnist Thomas L. Stokes argues that the 1954 Brown v. Board decision weakens the Democratic Party by intensifying Southern resistance, splitting Northern and Southern wings, and complicating federal school funding, with Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver facing crossfire over Southern issues. The piece links current woes to the Dred Scott era and warns against using civil rights as a mere political pawn.
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