Reply To: Eisenhower's attitude toward Civil Rights

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However, not only did he do the latter grudgingly, but he privately mused that Brown had been wrongly decided. As you’ve seen, I believe Brown wrongly decided as well, although I think the 1965 VRA was perfectly constitutional and ought to have been adopted and enforced far, far sooner.

Is it true that LBJ and Southern Democrats blocked earlier Civil Rights Bills?