The Challenge of Liberal Reform: School Desegregation, North and South-U.S.

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Introduction
Historical Background 
Primary Sources     
John Stennis, Statement Introducing the Stennis Amendment, January 27, 1970
Abraham Ribicoff, Statement Supporting the Stennis Amendment, February 9, 1970          
Exchange between Walter Mondale and Abraham Ribicoff Regarding the Stennis Amendment, February 9, 1970       
Alexander M. Bickel, “Desegregation: Where Do We Go from Here?” New Republic, February 7, 1970        
“The Debate over School Desegregation,” an Exchange between Marian Wright Edelman and Alexander Bickel, New Republic, March 21, 1970   
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