Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation

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The Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation was a coordinated political campaign in the American South, particularly in Virginia, to obstruct and delay the integration of public schools following the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf policy strategy
political campaign
segregationist movement
alsoKnownAs Massive Resistance
challengedBy NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
surface form: NAACP Legal Defense Fund

civil rights organizations
federal courts
country United States of America
surface form: United States
hasEndTime early 1960s
hasKeyProponent Byrd Organization
Harry F. Byrd Sr.
Southern Manifesto signatories
Virginia General Assembly
hasKeyState Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
hasMainRegion Southern United States
surface form: American South
hasNotableEvent Little Rock Integration Crisis
surface form: Little Rock school crisis

closure of public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia
hasPeakPeriod late 1950s
mid-1950s
hasStartTime 1954
historicalImpact contributed to creation of private segregation academies
delayed implementation of Brown v. Board of Education
denied public education to many Black students
implementedBy Southern state governments
local school boards
segregationist politicians
white citizens’ councils
legalBasis school closing laws
state pupil placement laws
tuition grant programs for private schools
limitedByDecision Cooper v. Aaron
Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
motivatedBy defense of Jim Crow laws
states’ rights ideology
white supremacy
opposes racial integration in public schools
school desegregation
relatedTo Jim Crow laws
Southern Manifesto
startAfterEvent Brown v. Board of Education
surface form: Brown v. Board of Education decision
usesTactic closing public schools rather than integrating them
creating segregation academies
gerrymandering school zones
litigation to delay desegregation orders
withholding state funds from integrated schools

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Subject: Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation
Description of subject: The Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation was a coordinated political campaign in the American South, particularly in Virginia, to obstruct and delay the integration of public schools following the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision.

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Harry F. Byrd Sr. notableWork Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation
Prince Edward County, Virginia involvedIn Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation
this entity surface form: Brown v. Board of Education implementation conflict
County School Board of Prince Edward County involvedIn Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation
this entity surface form: Massive Resistance to school desegregation in Virginia
Byrd Organization implemented Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation
this entity surface form: Massive Resistance laws in Virginia
New Orleans school integration crisis relatedTo Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation
this entity surface form: Southern Massive Resistance movement
Prince Edward County Free School Association hasSocialContext Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation
this entity surface form: Massive Resistance to school desegregation in Virginia
Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County topic Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation
this entity surface form: Massive Resistance in Virginia