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====Civil rights, 1958 defeat====
====Civil rights, 1958 defeat====
[[File:Brooks Hays 1957.png|thumb|right|170px|Hays in 1957.]]
In 1949, Hays, an opponent of the [[Ku Klux Klan]],<ref name=nytimesobituary/> introduced the "Arkansas Plan" which advocated for providing blacks in [[the South]] certain civil rights and voting rights guarantees, though did not address segregation.<ref name=encyclopediaofarkansas/> Indeed, Hays was a signatory to the 1956 [[Southern Manifesto]] in opposition to the [[United States Supreme Court]] ruling ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]],''<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved September 22, 2021.</ref> which he denounced.
In 1949, Hays, an opponent of the [[Ku Klux Klan]],<ref name=nytimesobituary/> introduced the "Arkansas Plan" which advocated for providing blacks in [[the South]] certain civil rights and voting rights guarantees, though did not address segregation.<ref name=encyclopediaofarkansas/> Indeed, Hays was a signatory to the 1956 [[Southern Manifesto]] in opposition to the [[United States Supreme Court]] ruling ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]],''<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved September 22, 2021.</ref> which he denounced.