Presidents [[Dwight Eisenhower]] and [[John F. Kennedy]] to a lesser degree, and [[Lyndon Johnson]] to a major degree became proactive in the Civil Rights movement.
Presidents [[Dwight Eisenhower]] and [[John F. Kennedy]] to a lesser degree, and [[Lyndon Johnson]] to a major degree became proactive in the Civil Rights movement.
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In the late 1960s several southern states expressed forceful opposition to what was considered Federal tyranny; some redesigned their state flags to include the old Confederate banner. In 1962, the prospect of a black student being admitted to the [[University of Mississippi]] resulted in campus riots suppressed by Federal troops and a national guard now brought under Federal control.