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Organizing to Demand Rights

Question 9 • OLHS - Virginia and US History CR

What was the purpose of the Southern Manifesto?

Answer

A

To serve as a guide for NAACP leaders working towards desegregation in the South

B

To pledge to restore and maintain order and to ensure the protection of African American children during the desegregation of Southern schools

C

To condemn the Brown decision and declare an intention of Southern governments to oppose integration

D

To challenge the Brown ruling with an application for an appeal to the highest federal court

Explanation

The Southern Manifesto was a 1956 statement signed by many members of Congress from the South. It condemned the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision and urged resistance to school desegregation. Therefore, its purpose matches the choice describing opposition to integration, not protection during desegregation or a legal appeal.

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