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Stennis signed the Southern Manifesto in response to which Supreme Court ruling?

  • Brown v. Board of Education

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  • Loving v. Virginia

  • Miranda v. Arizona

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John C. Stennis signed the Southern Manifesto in response to the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, which overturned the precedent set by Plessy v. Ferguson and declared that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." The manifesto was a declaration of opposition to the desegregation of public schools and other public facilities, and it was signed by 101 southern senators and representatives.
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