| − | Fulbright signed the [[Southern Manifesto]] in opposition of the Supreme Court's historic 1954 ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' decision which declared that "separate but equal" in segregating black and white children in schools was illegal and that all schools must be integrated.<ref name="Cambridge University Press">{{cite book|last1=Woods|first1=Randall Bennett|title=J. William Fulbright, Vietnam, and the Search for a Cold War Foreign Policy|date=1998|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0-521-58800-6|page=13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jtfq2gDSVRoC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=fulbright+civil+rights+1970&source=bl&ots=YOg0j1SLLg&sig=na5er8dZYqeuXBxM_5C0z-IBSNc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=q18fVfvKL4mqoQTcn4CQBw&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=fulbright%20civil%20rights%201970&f=false}}</ref> With other southern Democrats, Fulbright [[filibuster]]ed the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], as well as voting against the 1965 [[Voting Rights Act]].<ref>Woods 1995, pp. 330-331.</ref> | + | In 1950, Fulbright co-sponsored an amendment, which, if enacted, would allow soldiers to choose whether or not to serve in a racially integrated unit.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Woods|first1=Randall Bennett|title=J. William Fulbright, Vietnam, and the Search for a Cold War Foreign Policy|date=1998|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0-521-58800-6|pages=207–211|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jtfq2gDSVRoC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=fulbright+civil+rights+1970&source=bl&ots=YOg0j1SLLg&sig=na5er8dZYqeuXBxM_5C0z-IBSNc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=q18fVfvKL4mqoQTcn4CQBw&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=fulbright%20civil%20rights%201970&f=false}}</ref> Two years later, Fulbright assisted with blocking an Alaska statehood bill entirely due to his view that legislators from the state would be in favor of [[civil rights]]. |
| − | In 1950, Fulbright co-sponsored an amendment, which, if enacted, would allow soldiers to choose whether or not to serve in a racially integrated unit.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Woods|first1=Randall Bennett|title=J. William Fulbright, Vietnam, and the Search for a Cold War Foreign Policy|date=1998|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0-521-58800-6|pages=207–211|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jtfq2gDSVRoC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=fulbright+civil+rights+1970&source=bl&ots=YOg0j1SLLg&sig=na5er8dZYqeuXBxM_5C0z-IBSNc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=q18fVfvKL4mqoQTcn4CQBw&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=fulbright%20civil%20rights%201970&f=false}}</ref> Two years later, Fulbright assisted with blocking an Alaska statehood bill entirely due to his view that legislators from the state would be in favor of [[civil rights]].
| + | Fulbright signed the [[Southern Manifesto]] in opposition of the Supreme Court's historic 1954 ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' decision, which declared that "separate but equal" in segregating black and white children in schools was illegal and that all schools must be integrated.<ref name="Cambridge University Press">{{cite book|last1=Woods|first1=Randall Bennett|title=J. William Fulbright, Vietnam, and the Search for a Cold War Foreign Policy|date=1998|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0-521-58800-6|page=13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jtfq2gDSVRoC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=fulbright+civil+rights+1970&source=bl&ots=YOg0j1SLLg&sig=na5er8dZYqeuXBxM_5C0z-IBSNc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=q18fVfvKL4mqoQTcn4CQBw&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=fulbright%20civil%20rights%201970&f=false}}</ref> With other southern Democrats, Fulbright [[filibuster]]ed the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], as well as voting against the 1965 [[Voting Rights Act]].<ref>Woods 1995, pp. 330-331.</ref> |