1974: Civil Liberties And Civil Rights

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Watergate and the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon focused the attention of the American people on the potential of the federal government to violate civil liberties. Actions by Congress and the Supreme Court appeared to set back the movement toward racial integration of the public... ...