Challenges at Home and Abroad Discussion

Instructions: 

Read the following Discussion question carefully, then submit an original answer.  Your answer should be at least a few sentences to a paragraph in length.  There is no "right" or "wrong" answer, but your opinion should be well-reasoned and based on fact.  (no references needed) this is just an opinion...

How did resistance to federal desegregation orders by some southern states hurt the cause of states' rights?  If the states had enforced or even championed civil rights laws, do you feel they could have retained more power, or was the triumph of the federal government over the states a foregone conclusion by the 1950s?