Civil Liberties

  • Fight for Old DC!
    Estes Kefauver was for DC statehood before DC statehood was cool… as in 75 years ago.
  • “The Great Land of the Free”: Kefauver and Civil Liberties
    Estes Kefauver always took a strong stance on civil rights. Time and again, he stood up for suspected Communists and other unpopular groups. In the era of McCarthyism and the Red Scare, that was a lonely place to be.