Title Work

Title No: 13183

Title: Group of Southern senators

Medium: Documentation

Original Medium: Photograph

Date: 12 Apr  1956 (Created)

Four senators who signed the Southern Manifesto, officially named the "Declaration of Constitutional Principles," opposing school desegregation.  Left to right:  John Stennis (Miss.), Richard Russell (Ga.), Walter George (Ga.), Sam Ervin (N.C.).

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Subjects: School integration; Segregation in education--Law and legislation; African Americans--Civil rights; African Americans--Education; Southern Manifesto

Name As Subjects: Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard); Stennis, John C.; Ervin, Sam J.; George, Walter F.