The argument is that the South was essentially a one-party region where Democratic members of Congress and Senators stayed in office forever. And because of this, many southerners held key committee chairs and made civil rights legislation quite a bit harder. And this was all the way through the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. This only started to erode in the '80s with the 'Reagan Revolution.'
Well, there was civil rights legislation, a little bit in the '50s, and then very substantially in the '60s.
If there had been less of an entrenched seniority system (which is a tall order!), could all of this have happened earlier?
Well, there was civil rights legislation, a little bit in the '50s, and then very substantially in the '60s.
If there had been less of an entrenched seniority system (which is a tall order!), could all of this have happened earlier?
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