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Reporter's Notebook: JFK sent troops to Alabama, but knew force alone wasn't enough

In 1963, JFK sent National Guard troops to enforce desegregation in Alabama. But he knew the deeper battle was for the nation's moral conscience. "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson explains.
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