#Massive-Resistance
Events indexed under #Massive-Resistance — 8 entries in the record.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959-06-26 | Prince Edward County Virginia Closes Entire Public School System for Five Years Rather Than Integrate Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors · Virginia General Assembly · Harry Byrd | confirmed | |
| 1959-06-02 | Prince Edward County Virginia Closes All Public Schools for Five Years Rather Than Integrate Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors · Prince Edward County School Board · Virginia political establishment | confirmed | |
| 1956-09-21 | Virginia Enacts Massive Resistance Laws Authorizing School Closures to Prevent Integration Harry F. Byrd · Thomas Bahnson Stanley · Virginia General Assembly · Byrd Organization | confirmed | |
| 1956-03-29 | Mississippi Creates State Sovereignty Commission for Civil Rights Surveillance and Segregationist Funding Mississippi Legislature · Ross Barnett · Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission · White Citizens' Councils | confirmed | |
| 1956-03-12 | Southern Manifesto Signed by 101 Congressmen Pledging Resistance to School Integration Walter F. George · Harry F. Byrd · Strom Thurmond · 19 U.S. Senators · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1956-02-06 | University of Alabama Expels Autherine Lucy After White Mob Violence, First Black Student Barred Autherine Lucy · University of Alabama · NAACP Legal Defense Fund · Thurgood Marshall · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1955-05-31 | Brown II Orders Desegregation with "All Deliberate Speed," Enabling Decade of Resistance Earl Warren · U.S. Supreme Court · NAACP Legal Defense Fund · Thurgood Marshall · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1954-07-11 | White Citizens' Councils Founded With Business Elite Backing to Resist Integration Robert B. Patterson · Tom P. Brady · White Citizens' Councils · Mississippi business class · +1 | confirmed |