The Democrats and the Rise of Racial Radicalism
How racial radicalism has undermined the Democrats' appeal.
In the 1960s, spurred by the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education and the civil rights movement, the United States undertook what has been called a “second Reconstruction.” Washington passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. This legislation, it was hoped, would bring the coun…
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