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Chapter 25: Domestic Dreams and Atomic Nightmares, 1953-1963 |
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The communist threat abroad touched off a wave of political repression at home. Dissent proved to be a dangerous proposition. Despite the McCarthy-ite wave of terror, change was in the air. A new generation of African American leaders challenged the Jim Crow system in the South and redefined American democracy.
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