USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Only two signed the Manifesto: Joel Broyhill and Richard Poff of Virginia.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1956 politicians from southern states issued the Declaration of Constitutional Principles also known as Southern Manifesto. It denounced the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education as a breach of states’ rights and accused it of abuse of judicial power.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is a defense of the doctrine of states’ rights and “separate but equal” racial segregation sandwiched around a denial that racial animosity existed in southern communities. The Manifesto argued that the court’s ruling abused its power because it substituted personal political opinion for the amendment process.

Detailed explanation-4: -Strom Thurmond wrote the initial draft. On this date in 1956, Rep. Howard Smith (D-Va.), chairman of the House Rules Committee-a graveyard for civil rights bills throughout the ‘50s-introduced the Southern Manifesto in a speech on the House floor.