Basically the US government decided to de-segregate schools in order to counter the “malign influence” of Soviet “lies” that the US is an apartheid state, but soon realized that the people were so racist that the black schoolchildren needed federal agents as personal bodyguards to prevent lynchings.
Basically the US government decided to de-segregate schools in order to counter the “malign influence” of Soviet “lies” that the US is an apartheid state, but soon realized that the people were so racist that the black schoolchildren needed federal agents as personal bodyguards to prevent lynchings.
US Gov: “We’re not an apartheid state!”
[A few moments later…]
US Gov: “…errrm”