... arrested. It took vicious attacks in Montgomery for President Kennedy to take action by sending federal marshals and pressing the Interstate Commerce Commission to enforce the Supreme Court ruling. When Eugene Connor assaulted non-violent demonstrators with force in Birmingham, Alabama, Kennedy was finally moved enough to attempt to halt segregation. He then acknowledged civil rights as a moral issue, and endeavored ... ...

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... . From now on, Byrnes was to be firm in dealing with the Soviets, and that if concessions were to be made, they were to come exclusively from the Soviet side.39 Byrnes and the President no longer saw eye to eye, and Byrnes resigned in April of 1946.40 He was succeeded by General George Marshall, who pursued negotiations with the ... ...

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