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.S. go(ernment needed su$$ort !or its old 6"r e!!orts& "nd it needed the hird 6orld to t"e

sides either !or Democr"cy "nd Americ"& or !or ommunism "nd the So(iet nion. 4"uren st"tes

th"t criticism o! .S. r"ci"l discrimin"tion em%"rr"ssed the .S. in the .#. "nd in the old 6"r.

his led the go(ernment to st"rt m"ing intern"l ch"nges on r"ci"l e7u"lity to (eri!y its e!!orts

"g"inst the So(iet nion ;4"uren 20=dg"r ?oo(er& Director o! the F@I&

e*$loited the n"tion-s "nticommunist (iews to sl"nder 5ing "nd his Southern hristi"n

4e"dershi$ on!erence ;S4< %y $ortr"ying them to %e under communist in!luence ;DeRoche

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e(ents led ongress to $"ss the 8oting Rights Act& which w"s signed into l"w %y Johnson on

August /. 1/= ;DeRoche 2

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o$$ressi(e tendencies o! the .S. %y illustr"ting 'ur%"n slums in the nited St"tes "s domestic

colonies& su!!ering !rom simil"r re$ression "s Indi" h"d "s "n >nglish colony+ ;DeRoche 3=

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$erson"l det"ils& such "s the story "%out Young w"tersiing with his !"mily on 4"e All"toon"

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4"uren& "ul )ordon. !ower and !re"udice: The !olitics and #iplomacy of Racial

#iscrimination. @oulder: 6est(iew ress& Inc.& 1/. rint.

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