Wrong Side of History – Roll Call

Wrong Side of History

By Tracie Powell and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted September 17, 2009 at 12:00am

Little Rock Nine
“their country
last weekend
Cooper v. Aaron
Orval Faubus
historic civil rights legislation
White Citizens’ Council
this week
reminded him of the KKK
Tracie Powell is a former American Political Science Association congressional fellow and writes regularly on politics and policy.

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