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Segregationist political strategy
Massive resistance was a political strategy created by American politicians Harry F. Byrd and James M. Thomson aimed at getting Virginia officials to pass
Massive_resistance
American politician (1898–1986)
lived in Manassas, Virginia, from where he opposed and chronicled the Massive Resistance crisis fostered by U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd and Richmond newspaperman
Benjamin_Muse
American judge
was responsible for defending the state's resistance to school integration, as part of the Massive Resistance strategy endorsed and led by the state's
Albertis_Harrison
Historic building in Virginia, US
series of state laws known as the Stanley Plan, a part of the state's Massive Resistance policy. The school remained closed from September 19, 1958, until
Lane_High_School
American political scientist (1920-2010)
Negro Enterprises's Negro Heritage Series. One of his books was about massive resistance in the Southern United States; he was awarded the 1973 Chastain Prize
Francis_M._Wilhoit
Political machine headed by Harry F. Byrd (1887–1966)
integration of the state's public schools, including a policy of massive resistance, which ultimately failed in 1960 after it was ruled unconstitutional
Byrd_machine
American lawyer
slow racial desegregation on behalf of Byrd Organization during the Massive Resistance era. Mays served as counsel to the Gray Commission which tried to
David_J._Mays
American politician and newspaper publisher (1887–1966)
racial desegregation of the public schools, and was the leader of massive resistance, a campaign of opposition to the U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Brown
Harry_F._Byrd
American politician
lieutenant in the Byrd Organization, Fitzpatrick was active in the Massive Resistance to racial integration vowed by U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd after the
Earl_A._Fitzpatrick
Document in opposition to racial integration in public places
best-known of the Jim Crow laws that characterized the South at the time. "Massive resistance" to federal court orders requiring school integration was already
Southern_Manifesto
1956 statutes supporting racial segregation in Virginia
enactment. The Stanley plan was a critical element in the policy of "massive resistance" to the Brown ruling advocated by U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd Sr. The
Stanley_Plan
County in Virginia, United States
Assembly passed a series of laws (the Stanley Plan) to implement Massive Resistance, a policy promoted by the Byrd Organization led by U.S. Senator Harry
Prince Edward County, Virginia
Prince_Edward_County,_Virginia
Laws enforcing racial segregation in the U.S.
but was deliberately stopped in the South by the movement called Massive Resistance, sponsored by rural segregationists who largely controlled the state
Jim_Crow_laws
Segregationist private schools in the US
educate their children separately from blacks. In Virginia, the "massive resistance" campaign led Prince Edward County to close its public schools from
Segregation_academy
1960 committee to investigate desegregation in Georgia
option plan and a minority report that promoted the existing system of massive resistance. In January 1961, following the reconvening of the General Assembly
Sibley_Commission
his Southside support due to the President's opposition to Byrd's “Massive Resistance” policy following Brown v. Board of Education, as continuing Northern
1960 United States presidential election in Virginia
1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia
Former segregated school in Virginia, US
all-white Lane High School. This resulted in the city joining the massive resistance strategy that was being used throughout the Commonwealth. Despite
Burley High School (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Burley_High_School_(Charlottesville,_Virginia)
Independent city in Virginia, United States
Southern Manifesto and "Massive Resistance" to Brown". Legal Defense Fund. Retrieved November 21, 2025. "Massive Resistance – The Civil Rights Movement
Norfolk,_Virginia
History of U.S. state
Democratic party machine. Their hold was broken over their failed Massive Resistance to school integration. As with the rest of the country the Great Depression
History_of_Virginia
Multiplayer video game with a large number of players
A massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, abbreviated as MMOG or MMO, is a type of online video game that allows a large number of players to simultaneously
Massively multiplayer online game
Massively_multiplayer_online_game
Landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision
Southern governmental and political leaders embraced a plan known as "massive resistance", created by Senator Harry F. Byrd, in order to frustrate attempts
Brown_v._Board_of_Education
American lawyer
SCC, especially in regulating banks and public utilities. Although Massive Resistance did not directly affect the State Corporation Commission, Catterall
Ralph_T._Catterall
American economist and Nobel Laureate (1919–2013)
the Encyclopedia Virginia's "Massive Resistance" article,' and his 1978 PhD dissertation was on the massive resistance strategy—a Virginia state government
James_M._Buchanan
American journalist, writer (1920–2010)
The Richmond News Leader in Richmond, Virginia and encouraged the Massive Resistance strategy to oppose the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in the Brown
James_J._Kilpatrick
Wilhelmina on 17 December 1947. It was a token of appreciation for the massive resistance of the people of Amsterdam against the Jewish persecution, as expressed
Flag_of_Amsterdam
County in Virginia, United States
federal employees into the 1950s. Despite opposition from Virginia's massive resistance campaign and other groups, Arlington became the first county in Virginia
Arlington_County,_Virginia
American politician (1914–2013)
newspapers. After the decline of the Byrd Organization due to its massive resistance to racial integration of public schools, he abandoned the Democratic
Harry_F._Byrd_Jr.
American judge (1898–1986)
As a member of the Byrd Organization, Almond initially supported massive resistance to the integration of public schools following the United States Supreme
J._Lindsay_Almond
Racial desegregation process
border states, grading them from "A" to "F" as follows: A policy of "massive resistance" was declared by Virginia Senator Harry F. Byrd and led to the closing
School integration in the United States
School_integration_in_the_United_States
Civil unrest in Mississippi, United States
movement, it is regarded as the end of the segregationist tactic of massive resistance. A statue of James Meredith now commemorates the event on campus,
Ole_Miss_riot_of_1962
American civil rights law
public attention, as Southern Democratic leaders began a campaign of "massive resistance" against desegregation. In the midst of this campaign, President Eisenhower
Civil_Rights_Act_of_1957
of communism. The most prominent of those doctrines was the policy of "massive retaliation", which Dulles announced early in 1954, eschewing the costly
History of the United States (1945–1964)
History_of_the_United_States_(1945–1964)
American politician (1907–1990)
faction, particularly as they opposed the Byrd Organization's policy of Massive Resistance to racial integration in Virginia's public schools. Boothe was born
Armistead_L._Boothe
Topics referred to by the same term
(1918–1992), Virginia attorney and, briefly, attorney general during Massive Resistance Frederick T. Gray Jr. (born 1951), American politician, secretary
Frederick_Gray
American politician (1890–1970)
Commonwealth's 57th governor. He became known for his support of the Massive Resistance strategy to prevent school desegregation mandated by the United States
Thomas_B._Stanley
American lawyer (1907–2007)
2007 Virginia Historical Society re Massive Resistance "They Closed Our Schools," the story of Massive Resistance and the closing of the Prince Edward
Oliver_Hill_(attorney)
Manifestos written by religious leaders in 1950s Atlanta
conservative politicians in the Southern United States embraced a policy of massive resistance to maintain school segregation. However, the 80 clergy members that
Ministers'_Manifesto
Assemblies to establish constitutional law for Virginia
members of the armed forces in wartime, and in 1955 to implement "massive resistance" to Supreme Court attempts to desegregate public schools. Alternatives
Virginia_Conventions
American politician
in 1954 and 1955. Although Senator Harry F. Byrd himself supported Massive Resistance, and preferred Gray over other candidates, the Byrd Organization refused
Garland_Gray
project considers the role of Southern television during Virginia's Massive Resistance campaign in opposition to the Brown v. Board of Education decision
Television News of the Civil Rights Era 1950–1970
Television_News_of_the_Civil_Rights_Era_1950–1970
American politician (1901–1995)
Strom Thurmond, and signed the Southern Manifesto, which called for massive resistance to the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. He also
John_C._Stennis
Professor of history
was an outspoken opponent of school integration and supporter of massive resistance, believing white people to be the "superior race" and black people
William_K._Scarborough
American politician (1900–1973)
with the Byrd Organization, which wanted to continue its policy of massive resistance to desegregation of Virginia's schools after both the Virginia Supreme
Allie_Edward_Stakes_Stephens
1954–1968 U.S. social movement
primary tool to bring about desegregation. They were faced with "massive resistance" in the South by proponents of racial segregation and voter suppression
Civil_rights_movement
2017 book by Nancy MacLean
public schools rather than integrate them, in a strategy known as massive resistance, an attempt to get Virginia's white politicians to pass laws and policies
Democracy_in_Chains
American politician (1896–1983)
alliance with powerful U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, Tuck supported the Massive Resistance plan to defy the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board ruling, which
William_M._Tuck
Politics of Massive Resistance. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. p. 5. ISBN 0870491881. Muse, Benjamin (1961). Virginia's Massive Resistance. Indiana
1957 Virginia gubernatorial election
1957_Virginia_gubernatorial_election
American politician (1909–1973)
schools, Perrow became a key figure in Virginia's abandonment of "Massive Resistance" to public school desegregation, including by chairing a joint legislative
Mosby_Perrow_Jr.
2006 first-person shooter game
Resistance: Fall of Man is a 2006 first-person shooter video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation
Resistance:_Fall_of_Man
French rebel groups that fought Nazi Germany in World War II
The French Resistance (French: La Résistance [la ʁezistɑ̃s]) was a resistance movement made of a collection of different revolutionary groups that fought
French_Resistance
American civil rights leader and politician
Advancement of Colored People in 1925 and led it for decades. During the massive resistance controversy over school desegregation, Alabama expelled the NAACP
John_L._LeFlore
American columnist and segregationist
History". July 10, 2009. McRae, Elizabeth Gillespie (2018). Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy. New York: Oxford
Florence_Sillers_Ogden
American judge
state senator. His opposition to the Byrd Organization's policy of Massive Resistance helped integrate Virginia's schools. Born in Staunton, George was
George_M._Cochran
Virginia pursued a policy to avoid desegregation that came to be called Massive Resistance. Among the actions were new state laws, called the Stanley Plan, that
History_of_Norfolk,_Virginia
Race or ethnic-based discrimination
characterized by an explicit rejection of stereotypes, combined with resistance to changing structures of discrimination for reasons that are ostensibly
Racism
American politician
until 1959 in the Virginia Senate. Both occurred during the period of Massive Resistance to the United States Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of
Eugene_B._Sydnor_Jr.
Attempt to racially diversify American public schools
Law School Library, pp. 1–50. McRae, Elizabeth (2018). Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy. Oxford University
Desegregation_busing
Private school in Oakton, Virginia, US
founding, Virginia Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr. declared a policy of Massive Resistance against compliance with Brown v. Board of Education, and the Virginia
Flint_Hill_School
Private school
chose instead to close its schools in a political stratagem called Massive resistance. Rock Hill Academy (a high school) and the Robert E. Lee School (elementary)
Rock_Hill_Academy
African-American students enrolled at a previously segregated high school
Rock: Race and Resistance at Central High School (Princeton University Press, 2010) ISBN 9780691092935 Baer, Frances Lisa. Resistance to Public School
Little_Rock_Nine
American politician (1897–1960)
committee assignments and often sought to marginalize him. During the Massive Resistance crisis in Virginia, Whitehead often pleaded with fellow legislators
Robert Whitehead (Virginia politician)
Robert_Whitehead_(Virginia_politician)
American politician (1906–1995)
Virginia voices advocating on behalf of civil rights and criticizing the Massive Resistance policies of the Byrd Organization as fostering a "spirit of lawlessness
Kathryn_H._Stone
American lawyer
his father win election as Governor of Virginia in 1950. During the Massive Resistance crisis, both Battles represented the Albemarle County Public Schools
William_C._Battle
Kurdish rebellion against the Turkish Government in 1924
spite of these unfavourable conditions, however, they switched to a massive resistance to central power. The Beytussebab rebellion of 1924 was the first
Beytüşşebab_rebellion
American politician
district). He thus began his part-time public service during the era of Massive Resistance to racial desegregation of public schools as required by the 1954
James M. Thomson (Virginia politician)
James_M._Thomson_(Virginia_politician)
School division in Arlington County, Virginia
Senator Harry F. Byrd, adopted a policy of "massive resistance" to desegregation. Under massive resistance, schools that desegregated would be closed and
Arlington_Public_Schools
Person without fixed habitat
herding, forced collectivization under Joseph Stalin's rule met with massive resistance and major losses and confiscation of livestock. Livestock in Kazakhstan
Nomad
Scandals of US state executive officials
Confederate States of America. Its history has featured Monument Avenue, Massive Resistance, and the first elected African American state governor in US history
2019 Virginia political crisis
2019_Virginia_political_crisis
American academic
D.C. area during World War II, became a leading local opponent of Massive Resistance and represented Arlington, Virginia in the Virginia General Assembly
John_Andrew_Rice
American lawyer and businessman
desegregation in Falls Church. He opposed Sen. Harry F. Byrd's call for massive resistance to school desegregation. However, he was unable to prevail and Falls
John_Alvin_Johnson
national Republican party as no better on civil rights—it opposed the “massive resistance” orchestrated by Senator Byrd after Brown v. Board of Education—Byrd's
1964 United States presidential election in Virginia
1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia
American politician (1909–1973)
Boatwright Committee which investigated the NAACP as part of the Massive Resistance to racial integration vowed by U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd after the
William_F._Stone
Private school
children. Mosby and Criser were part of a political stratagem called massive resistance. The school was initially proposed by Chuck Leadman, business agent
John_S._Mosby_Academy
American television executive (1902–2004)
board for the Arlington Public Schools as it attempted to navigate Massive Resistance, then helped found WETA-TV, the first public television station in
Elizabeth Campbell (television)
Elizabeth_Campbell_(television)
American newspaper
editorials to the debates in Charlottesville over School integration and Massive resistance. The newspaper included national columnists such as Vernon E. Jordan
Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune
Charlottesville-Albemarle_Tribune
American politician
the end of the 1959 session on April 4, 1959, during the state's Massive Resistance crisis as explained below. A conservative Democrat, Moncure was long
Frank_P._Moncure
Opposition to Nazi Germany
backed down. Rather it was because of Hitler's massive support among the German people. While resistance movements in the occupied countries could mobilise
German_resistance_to_Nazism
American journalist (1891–1970)
Standing Before the Shouting Mob: Lenoir Chambers and Virginia's Massive Resistance to Public School Integration, in 2008. Joseph Lenoir Chambers was
Lenoir_Chambers
1963 United States Supreme Court case
by the state of Virginia in 1956 as part of the Stanley Plan and massive resistance, as violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States
NAACP_v._Button
Region in Virginia, United States
the state's public schools. His leadership in the failed policy of Massive Resistance to racial desegregation of the public schools and efforts to circumvent
Northern_Virginia
American political activist
voting system in South Carolina, but she was also a prominent voice of massive resistance after the Brown v. Board of Education, a Supreme Court case that declared
Cornelia_Dabney_Tucker
US government standardization project
encountered massive resistance from the cryptographic community, and eventually the US government abandoned the effort. The main reasons for this resistance were
Capstone_(cryptography)
Independent city in Virginia, US
Senator Harry F. Byrd and his political machine, which championed "massive resistance" to desegregation. T.C. Williams, superintendent of Alexandria Public
Alexandria,_Virginia
American politician
Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia during the Commonwealth's Massive Resistance crisis. He then received both his undergraduate and legal degrees
Whittington_W._Clement
American politician (1893–1963)
lifelong Democrat, Carter helped lead the Byrd Organization's policy of Massive Resistance to racial integration in Virginia's public schools. Henry Carter Stuart
Harry_Carter_Stuart
American politician (1915–2000)
fast-growing Fairfax between 1946 and 1951. Webb was soon embroiled in the Massive Resistance crisis whereby the Byrd Organization following the lead of U.S. Senator
John_C._Webb
Genus of grass cultivated for grain
gene provides FHB resistance. In 2003 the first resistance genes against fungal diseases in wheat were isolated. In 2021, novel resistance genes were identified
Wheat
U.S. political faction (1872–1904)
Dalfiume, Richard M.; Bartley, Numan V. (April 1971). "The Rise of Massive Resistance: Race and Politics in the South during the 1950's". The American Historical
Bourbon_Democrat
1791 amendment enumerating states' rights
Education, and Southern states in response mounted a campaign of massive resistance to oppose it, arguing that federal desegregation orders infringed
Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Tenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Reason, and Massive Resistance The Diary of David J. Mays, 1954–1959 (2008). Sweeney, James (2013). "Postscript to Massive Resistance: The Decline and
Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government
Virginia_Commission_on_Constitutional_Government
American school integration pioneers
ISSN 0040-3261. JSTOR 42627380. Equal Justice Initiative (2018). ""Massive Resistance"". Segregation in America: 20–39. JSTOR resrep30692.5. Randal Rust
The_Clinton_12
American attorney and politician
and won re-election twice (serving 1950 to 1956), as the tumultuous Massive Resistance period began. He replaced either Walter I. Hopkins or Walter H.C.
W._Griffith_Purcell
American politician (1881–1965)
member of the Byrd Organization, Boatwright became a leader of its Massive Resistance to racial integration. John Baker Boatwright was born in Marion, Virginia
John_B._Boatwright
Private school in Farmville, Virginia, US
Academy in response to pending integration, part of a strategy known as massive resistance. Classes began at Prince Edward Academy on September 14, 1959. Over
Fuqua_School
American politician (1924–2009)
Virginia bar in 1949, Lane began his public political career, as the Massive Resistance crisis in Virginia politics began. He was active in the local Democratic
Edward_E._Lane
American politician (born 1942)
Louise Brooks. Coleman attended grammar schools during Virginia's Massive Resistance crisis. On January 15, 1952, he was shocked to find his father, who
Marshall_Coleman
Video game series
Petresun ruthlessly exploits Martian and Venusian colonies, spawning massive resistance movements among the colonists by 2802. The chronologically first game
Tribes_(video_game_series)
down significant portions of the Stanley Plan, which had implemented Massive Resistance to the U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Brown v. Board of Education
Perrow_Commission
Historic building in Virginia, US
white-only schools, sparking the city government to join the statewide massive resistance movement against school integration. After serving many uses over
Jefferson School (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Jefferson_School_(Charlottesville,_Virginia)
2011 video game
Resistance 3 is a 2011 first-person shooter video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3
Resistance_3
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Mace 1.French (Picardy) : metonymic occupational name from masse ‘mace’, ‘hammer’.French : habitational name from places called Masse (Allier and Cô-d’Or), or La Masse (Eure, Lot, Puy-de-Dôme, Saône-et-Loire).French (Massé) : habitational name from a place called Massé in Maine-et-Loire, so named from Gallo-Roman Macciacum (from the personal name Maccius + the locative suffix -acum).Dutch : from Middle Dutch masse ‘clog’; ‘cudgel’, perhaps a metonymic occupational name for someone who wielded a club.Dutch : possibly a variant of Maas 1, or a patronymic from Mas.
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, French, German, Italian, Latin, Swiss
Greatest
Male
Italian
Italian form of Latin Maximus, MASSIMO means "the greatest."
Girl/Female
Italian Latin
Great.
Female
English
Pet form of English Cass, CASSIE means "she who entangles men."
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil
Giant; Huge; Massive; Great
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Unexpected; Massive
Girl/Female
Hebrew, Hindu, Indian
Massage
Boy/Male
Tamil
Massive, Very big, Giant proportioned
Boy/Male
Hindu
Massive, Very big, Giant proportioned
Girl/Female
English American Greek
Unheeded prophetess. A , Cassandra, or Catherine. Cassandra was a Trojan prophetess, daughter of...
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Modern
Great; Massive; Huge; Lord of Gods
Girl/Female
Arabic, Latin, Muslim
Greatest
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Missy, MISSIE means "honey-sap."
Girl/Female
Latin
Warring.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Massive, Very big, Giant proportioned
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Iranian, Russian
A Massive
Boy/Male
Hindu
Massive, Very big, Giant proportioned
Girl/Female
Russian
Abbreviation of Natasha - the Russian form of the English Natalie 'Born at Christmas.
Female
English
 Anglicized form of Scottish Mysie, a pet form of Mairead (English Margaret), MAISIE means "pearl." British English name meaning "field."
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