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[https://segregationinamerica.eji.org/report/segregation-forever-leaders.html by EJI] | [https://segregationinamerica.eji.org/report/segregation-forever-leaders.html by EJI] | ||
The influential and widespread rejection of racial equality by individuals, communities, officials, and institutions followed in the tradition of earlier generations of white supremacists who stood determined to thwart civil rights progress. That common cause inspired collective action among white citizens in many parts of the country that vaulted new leaders to national prominence and into powerful political positions where many outlasted the movement itself. | The influential and widespread rejection of racial equality by individuals, communities, officials, and institutions followed in the tradition of earlier generations of white supremacists who stood determined to thwart civil rights progress. That common cause inspired collective action among white citizens in many parts of the country that vaulted new leaders to national prominence and into powerful political positions where many outlasted the movement itself. | ||
=====Resistance to School Desegregation===== | |||
[https://eji.org/news/history-racial-injustice-resistance-to-school-desegregation/ by EJI 03/01/14] | |||
In 1954, the United States Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education struck down racial segregation in public schools. In March 1956, 101 of 128 Southern congressmen signed “The Southern Manifesto,” denouncing the decision. Many Southern communities followed their lead, resisting integration with protest and violence. | |||
