Several years ago, we observed the 50th anniversary of the US Supreme Court's historic, often referenced, Brown vs. Board of Education ruling, made during the first decade of the Cold War.
This ruling ending de jure racial segregation for schools in the incompletely Reconstructed, Jim Crow southeastern states.
While Brown is often celebrated, its mention is all too rarely accompanied by the tale of its downfall at the hands of current-era Republicans. The ability to re-instate de facto segregation by crossing school-district lines was effectively re-instated by Milliken v. Bradley and reinforced indirectly by Warth v. Seldin both through decisions made by the Burger Court
Three of the justices in the majority for Milliken were appointed by Nixon.
The other two were appointed by Eisenhower, one of whom, Burger, was elevated via Nixon's nomination to the Chief Justice position.
This was fruit of Nixon's southern strategy, a legacy embraced by Reagan and his successors.