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'''John Stennis''' was the [[Democrat]] Senator from [[Mississippi]] from 1947 to 1989. Stennis opposed anti-poll tax amendments, anti-lynching legislation, the Fair Employment Practices Committee, the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], and the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] and 1968. After the [[Supreme Court]] ruling in ''[[Brown vs. Board of Education]]'', Stennis proposed maintaining [[segregation]] by improving [[African American]] schools so that integration could be rendered unconstitutionally unnecessary. Stennis was among 19 Democrat senators who signed the [[Southern Manifesto]] in defiance of the ''Brown vs. Board'' decision.
'''John Stennis''' was the [[Democrat]] Senator from [[Mississippi]] from 1947 to 1989. Stennis opposed anti-poll tax amendments, anti-lynching legislation, the Fair Employment Practices Committee, the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], and the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] and 1968. After the [[Supreme Court]] ruling in ''[[Brown vs. Board of Education]]'', Stennis proposed maintaining [[segregation]] by improving [[African American]] schools so that integration could be rendered unconstitutionally unnecessary. Stennis was among 19 Democrat senators who signed the [[Southern Manifesto]] in defiance of the ''Brown vs. Board'' decision.
The Southern Manifesto was signed on a large mahogany conference table in Sen. [[John Stennis]]' office which Stennis used as his desk and referred to as "the flagship of the [[Confederacy]]." The table was used by segregationist and co-signer of the Southern Manifesto Sen. [[Richard Russell]] before his retirement.
After the majority Democrats defeated the Civil Rights Act of 1957, [[Republican]]s reintroduced the bill. Senate Democrat Majority Leader [[Lyndon Johnson]] told Stennis, "Let's face it. Our ass is in a crack. We're gonna have to let this n***er bill pass."<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Biography-or-Autobiography Biography or Autobiography]. Past winners & finalists by category. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2012-03-24.</ref> biography.<ref>Caro, Robert A. (2002). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=U87rzAqVhbwC The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Master of the Senate, Volume 3]''. New York: Knopf. p. 954. ISBN 0394528360.</ref> According to former Harvard historian and Johnson staffer Doris Kearns Goodwin, [[LBJ]] explained his position thus:
After the majority Democrats defeated the Civil Rights Act of 1957, [[Republican]]s reintroduced the bill. Senate Democrat Majority Leader [[Lyndon Johnson]] told Stennis, "Let's face it. Our ass is in a crack. We're gonna have to let this n***er bill pass."<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Biography-or-Autobiography Biography or Autobiography]. Past winners & finalists by category. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2012-03-24.</ref> biography.<ref>Caro, Robert A. (2002). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=U87rzAqVhbwC The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Master of the Senate, Volume 3]''. New York: Knopf. p. 954. ISBN 0394528360.</ref> According to former Harvard historian and Johnson staffer Doris Kearns Goodwin, [[LBJ]] explained his position thus:
Johnson went on to say,
Johnson went on to say,
{{cquote|"I’ll have those n*****s voting Democrat for the next 200 years.”<ref>https://clashdaily.com/2014/03/allen-west-lbj-ill-nggers-voting-democratic-next-200-years/?amp=1</ref>}}
{{cquote|"I’ll have those n*****s voting Democrat for the next 200 years.”<ref>https://clashdaily.com/2014/03/allen-west-lbj-ill-nggers-voting-democratic-next-200-years/?amp=1</ref>}}
When Stennis retired in 1988, Sen. [[Joseph Biden]] took over Stennis' office, including the conference table upon which the Southern Manifesto was signed. When Sen. Biden was elected Vice President in 2008, Biden had the flagship of the Confederacy moved into the Vice President's residence.
==See also==
==See also==