In praise of mild reforms

PAUL DOUGLAS, the great liberal senator from Illinois, was despondent over passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, enacted by Congress 50 years ago this month. He told friends the bill was "like a soup made from the shadow of a crow which had starved to death." (Full article: 740 words)

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