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Looks at the role of North Carolina senator Sam Ervin in the development of civil liberties in the McCarthy era and during the activism of Chief Justice Earl Warren' Supreme Court. As chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, Ervin championed such groups as the military, the mentally ill, and Native Americans while consistently voted against civil rights for African Americans.
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21812
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This article looks at the record of North Carolina Senator Sam Ervin in regards to issues of civil liberties and civil rights. Though known as a champion of constitutional rights, he consistently voted against civil rights for African Americans, claiming that political realities necessitated his anti-civil rights votes and that civil rights were constitutionally wrong, an argument he maintained into his retirement.