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Janus Adams: Gerald Reynolds, '1950s Liberal'

Gerald Reynolds, the newly appointed chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, recently described himself as "a 1950s liberal." Commentator Janus Adams recalls some events from the 1950s to better understand what Reynolds means.

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