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Word: ratifiesr (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1953-1953
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Last spring, after reading the briefs, the high court asked the attorneys to study and discuss whether the framers and ratifiesr of the 14th Amendment meant to abolish segregation in the schools. The court got three answers. Thurgood Marshall, for the N.A.A.C.P., said that was clearly the intention. John W. Davis, for South Carolina, said that was clearly not the intention. Assistant U.S. Attorney General J. Lee Rankin said that the evidence was inconclusive, but that on other grounds, the U.S. Government favored an end of segregation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SUPREME COURT: The Fading Line | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

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