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Bumpers and his wife Betty were both known for their dedication to the cause of childhood immunization. The Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institutes of Health was established by former president Clinton to facilitate research in vaccine development.<ref name=BumpersNIH>{{cite web | url=http://www.vrc.nih.gov/VRC/ | title=Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center | publisher=National Institutes of Health | accessdate=April 22, 2007 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070506124010/http://www.vrc.nih.gov/VRC/ | archivedate=May 6, 2007 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> | Bumpers and his wife Betty were both known for their dedication to the cause of childhood immunization. The Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institutes of Health was established by former president Clinton to facilitate research in vaccine development.<ref name=BumpersNIH>{{cite web | url=http://www.vrc.nih.gov/VRC/ | title=Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center | publisher=National Institutes of Health | accessdate=April 22, 2007 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070506124010/http://www.vrc.nih.gov/VRC/ | archivedate=May 6, 2007 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> | ||
Early in his legal career, the Charleston School Board asked his advice on how it should respond to the United States Supreme Court decision in the 1954 case of ''[[Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka]]'', which found the segregation of public schools on the basis of race to be unconstitutional. Bumpers advised the school board to comply with the decision immediately. In July 1954, the board voted to desegregate its schools, and on August 23, 1954, the school year began with eleven African-American children attending schools in Charleston. This prompt action to desegregate public schools was rare: The Charleston School District was the first in the eleven states that comprised the former Confederacy to integrate their public schools following the Supreme Court decision.<ref name=NIH>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=90 | title=Dale Leon Bumpers (1925–2016) | accessdate=May 9, 2016}}</ref> | Early in his legal career, the Charleston School Board asked his advice on how it should respond to the United States Supreme Court decision in the 1954 case of ''[[Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas]]'', which found the segregation of public schools on the basis of race to be unconstitutional. Bumpers advised the school board to comply with the decision immediately. In July 1954, the board voted to desegregate its schools, and on August 23, 1954, the school year began with eleven African-American children attending schools in Charleston. This prompt action to desegregate public schools was rare: The Charleston School District was the first in the eleven states that comprised the former Confederacy to integrate their public schools following the Supreme Court decision.<ref name=NIH>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=90 | title=Dale Leon Bumpers (1925–2016) | accessdate=May 9, 2016}}</ref> | ||
Bumpers opposed constitutional amendments throughout his Senate tenure and was critical of his Republican colleague, Jesse Helms of North Carolina for attempting that route to enact conservative policy proposals. However, Bumpers said that he worked well with Republican leaders Howard Baker and Bob Dole.<ref name=bumpersinterview/> | Bumpers opposed constitutional amendments throughout his Senate tenure and was critical of his Republican colleague, Jesse Helms of North Carolina for attempting that route to enact conservative policy proposals. However, Bumpers said that he worked well with Republican leaders Howard Baker and Bob Dole.<ref name=bumpersinterview/> |