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''Louisiana History,'' p. 336.</ref>
''Louisiana History,'' p. 336.</ref>
==Segregationist in his time==
==Segregationist in his time==
Like nearly all of his southern colleagues, Passman in 1956 signed the [[Southern Manifesto]] to voice objection to the [[Segregation|desegregation]] decision of the [[United States Supreme Court]], ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]].'' Like most of his constituents, Passman supported segregation. Congress struck down racial discrimination in the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], and by August 1970, all of the public schools in Louisiana had been desegregated, and the issue quickly waned.<ref>''Louisiana History,'' p. 339.</ref>
Like nearly all of his southern colleagues, Passman in 1956 signed the [[Southern Manifesto]] to voice objection to the [[Segregation|desegregation]] decision of the [[United States Supreme Court]], ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]].'' Like most of his constituents, Passman supported segregation. Congress struck down racial discrimination in the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], and by August 1970, all of the public schools in Louisiana had been desegregated, and the issue quickly waned.<ref>''Louisiana History,'' p. 339.</ref>