Southern Manifesto (1956)

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Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:public_policy
gptkbp:category	gptkb:History_of_racial_segregation_in_the_United_States 1956 in American law Opposition to desegregation United States congressional resolutions
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:The_Declaration_of_Constitutional_Principles
gptkbp:historicalName	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement Desegregation of public schools
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Southern Manifesto (1956)
gptkbp:impact	encouraged resistance to desegregation influenced Massive Resistance policies
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	gptkb:The_New_York_Times gptkb:The_Washington_Post
gptkbp:notSignedBy	gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson gptkb:Albert_Gore_Sr. gptkb:Estes_Kefauver
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education gptkb:NAACP gptkb:activist
gptkbp:publicationDate	1956
gptkbp:purpose	to oppose racial integration in public places to denounce the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education_decision_(1954)
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Declaration_of_Constitutional_Principles
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:John_Stennis gptkb:J._William_Fulbright gptkb:Herman_Talmadge gptkb:James_Eastland gptkb:Richard_Russell_Jr. gptkb:Sam_Ervin gptkb:Strom_Thurmond gptkb:Harry_F._Byrd 101 members of the U.S. Congress 19 U.S. Senators 82 U.S. Representatives
gptkbp:topic	opposition to racial integration resistance to Brown v. Board of Education
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Southern_Democrats
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5