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Thurgood Marshall |
appointed federal judge - leading civil rights activist |
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Louisiana |
threatened legal action against state for refusing to fund non-segregated schools |
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Civil Rights Bill |
aimed to give African-Americans equality in housing & education |
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James Meredith |
sent 23,000 government troops so he could study at University of Mississippi |
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Conservative Southern Democrats |
pre-1963, hesitant as didn't want to alienate them for voting in future measures |
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Congressional veto |
of Civil Rights Bill |
