Category: Civil Rights
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He Wrote Bills for Kefauver As A Teen: Interview with Fred Strong

A comment on one of my posts led me to an interview with a man who volunteered for Kefauver… while still in high school! This was just one chapter of his remarkable life.
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A Complicated but Courageous Legacy: Kefauver and Civil Rights

Estes Kefauver was one of the few Southern Senators who didn’t take the segregationist line on civil rights. A closer look at his record shows a man who evolved over time… but remained consistent in his belief in moderate progress and equal application of the law.