Institutional Responses

"An almost endless variety of methods" for non-compliance

White Mississippi's response to Brown v. Board of Education

Dec 6, 2022 • Joseph Nichols

Closing Black schools to achieve integration

DeKalb County, Georgia and the closing of Hamilton High School

Oct 11, 2022 • Joseph Nichols

The Southern Manifesto: Who didn't sign? And why?

In February 1956, a delegation of southern senators met in the office of Sen.

Sep 27, 2022 • Joseph Nichols

Brown v. Board of Education and the crisis of the written constitution

Judge Jule W. Felton's essay "An Appeal to Save Our Written Constitutional Form of Government

Aug 30, 2022 • Joseph Nichols

"We regard the decision of the Supreme Court in the school cases as a clear abuse of judicial power."

The Southern Manifesto and the segregationist legal argument for noncompliance with Brown

Aug 16, 2022 • Joseph Nichols

"This really doesn't show much progress."

Lowndes County Schools (Georgia) and continued resistance to school integration

Aug 2, 2022 • Joseph Nichols

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