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American History

Zambero

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1. This, even after McCarthy's blacklisting campaign had been shut down

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Nov 13, 2023, 08:10 AM

Nov 2023

Things didn't change for the better in the Jim Crow region, and then-Senator LBJ had not yet emerged to go on record as a civil rights champion. States' rights and absolute autonomy of local law enforcement were the order of the day. It's unsettling that so many on the right are intent on reverting back to that era.

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On November 13, 1957, the Longview, Texas, chapter of the NAACP refused to disclose its membership. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 OP

This, even after McCarthy's blacklisting campaign had been shut down Zambero Nov 2023 #1