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==Civil rights==
==Civil rights==
:{{see also|Jim Crow}}
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]].