The idea is known as the Republican form. The idea is that people democratically elect those who would represent them in a government, and those people would be held accountable for what they've done if they do something opposite to the will of the people. It's the only way that a democracy can work properly because others would be impossible with that many people.
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Strom Thurmond did not challenge the status quo.
Thurgood Marshall argued cases like <em>Brown v. The Board of Education </em>before the US Supreme Court, and later (in 1967) became a Supreme Court justice -- the first African-American justice to serve on the court.
As president, Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981, which abolished racial segregation in the US military.
Jackie Robinson was the first black player to play in Major League Baseball.
Strom Thurmond was a US Senator from South Carolina who sought to protect the status quo against the civil rights movement.
