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In the 1948 Senate campaign, Kefauver began wearing a coonskin cap, seven years before the [[Walt Disney]] [[television]] series ran a multi-part presentation on [[Davy Crockett]], the 19th century Tennessean who died at [[The Alamo]]; Disney cast Fess Parker to portray Crockett. Kefauver began wearing the camp to protest the role of [[Mayor]] Edward Crump of [[Memphis]] in the campaign. Crump, often called "Boss Crump," had accused Kefauver of being a "fellow traveler" and of working for the "pinkos and [[Communism|communists]]" with the sneakiness of a [[raccoon]].  

In the 1948 Senate campaign, Kefauver began wearing a coonskin cap, seven years before the [[Walt Disney]] [[television]] series ran a multi-part presentation on [[Davy Crockett]], the 19th century Tennessean who died at [[The Alamo]]; Disney cast Fess Parker to portray Crockett. Kefauver began wearing the camp to protest the role of [[Mayor]] Edward Crump of [[Memphis]] in the campaign. Crump, often called "Boss Crump," had accused Kefauver of being a "fellow traveler" and of working for the "pinkos and [[Communism|communists]]" with the sneakiness of a [[raccoon]].  

A staunch opponent of [[segregation]], Kefauver refused to sign the [[Southern Manifesto]] in opposition to the ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' [[United States Supreme Court]] decree of May 17, 1954. He led numerous Senate investigations, including an attempt to determine if there was a link between the new medium of television and the increase in juvenile delinquency. He was particularly remembered for a probe conducted in 1950 into organized crime in an effort to expose the Mafia and Cosa Nostra. The Kefauver Committee, as it became know, heard from more than six hundred witnesses, the most spectacular being crime boss Frank Costello, who refused to allow his face to be filmed and then staged a walkout from the hearings.

A staunch opponent of [[segregation]], Kefauver refused to sign the [[Southern Manifesto]] in opposition to the ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' [[United States Supreme Court]] decree of May 17, 1954.<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved May 28, 2021.</ref> He led numerous Senate investigations, including an attempt to determine if there was a link between the new medium of television and the increase in juvenile delinquency. He was particularly remembered for a probe conducted in 1950 into organized crime in an effort to expose the Mafia and Cosa Nostra. The Kefauver Committee, as it became know, heard from more than six hundred witnesses, the most spectacular being crime boss Frank Costello, who refused to allow his face to be filmed and then staged a walkout from the hearings.

Kefauver was also was a strong advocate for consumer protection, aimed particularly at the pharmaceutical industry, and small business, which he claimed faced unfair competition from large conglomerates. In the House, he was strongly supportive of the [[Tennessee Valley Authority]].

Kefauver was also was a strong advocate for consumer protection, aimed particularly at the pharmaceutical industry, and small business, which he claimed faced unfair competition from large conglomerates. In the House, he was strongly supportive of the [[Tennessee Valley Authority]].