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'''Harry Flood Byrd, Jr.''' (December 20, 1914 – July 30, 2013) was a [[Democrat]]-turned-[[Independent voters|Independent]] from [[Virginia]] who served as the state's U.S. senator from the 1960s to the 80s. He was the son of staunch [[segregation]]ist [[Harry F. Byrd|Harry Flood Byrd, Sr.]], who initiated the "Massive Resistance" against integration in U.S. public schools. | '''Harry Flood Byrd, Jr.''' (December 20, 1914 – July 30, 2013) was a [[Democrat]]-turned-[[Independent voters|Independent]] from [[Virginia]] who served as the state's U.S. senator from the 1960s to the 80s. He was the son of staunch [[segregation]]ist [[Harry F. Byrd|Harry Flood Byrd, Sr.]], who initiated the "Massive Resistance" against integration in U.S. public schools. | ||
Latest revision as of 04:25, May 11, 2021
Harry Flood Byrd, Jr. (December 20, 1914 – July 30, 2013) was a Democrat-turned-Independent from Virginia who served as the state's U.S. senator from the 1960s to the 80s. He was the son of staunch segregationist Harry Flood Byrd, Sr., who initiated the "Massive Resistance" against integration in U.S. public schools.
Like his father, Byrd opposed the Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education which ordered the desegregation of public schools, defending the "Massive Resistance" despite school closings in claiming that it supposedly had prevented further racial violence.[1]
References
- ↑ Lewis, Bob (July 30, 2013). Former Va. Sen. Harry Byrd Jr. dies; favored segregation, left Democrats at key turning point. StarTribune. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
External links
- Profile at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress