,,iv  #aaf? ,,congress  #b;d ,session   
,h4 ,,res4 #ajdb  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(    
,,repres5tatives  ,july #i1 #bjbj,mr4   
,gre5 ( ,texas 7= himself1 ,ms4 ,bass1  
,ms4 ,ca/or ( ,florida1 ,mr4 ,cleav]1   
,mr4 ,coop]1 ,ms4 ,g>cia ( ,texas1 ,ms4 
,haal&1 ,mr4 ,ha/+s1 ,mr4 ,k5n$y1 ,mr4  
,lawson ( ,florida1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 
,mr4 ,l[5?al1 & ,mr4 ,?ompson (         
,mississippi7 submitt$ ! foll[+         
resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee
 on ,transportation & ,infra/ructure    
,,resolution  ,call+ on ! ,s5ate to     
r5ame ! ,russell ,s5ate ,(fice ,build+4 
,:]eas ,s5ator ,ri*>d ,b4 ,russell      
oppos$ civil rights z uncon/itutional & 
unwise2 ,:]eas 9 #aice1 ,s5ator ,russell
 p>ticipat$ 9 8 fir/ filibu/] ( a civil 
rights bill1 :5 he & 8 colleagues 9 !   
,s5ate /opp$ an anti-lyn*+ bill ) #f    
days ( non/op talk+2 ,:]eas 9 #aicf1    
,s5ator ,russell /at$ 9 a re-election   
campaign spee* t z "o :o 0 born & re>$ 9
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g5]ations ( my =ebe>s n[ re/+ b5ea?     

,s\!rn soil1 ,i am will+ to g z f> &    
make z great a sacrifice to pres]ve &   
insure ,:ite supremacy 9 ! social1      
economic1 & political life ( our /ate z 
any man :o lives )9 h] bord]s2 ,:]eas 9 
#aief1 ,s5ator ,russell wrote an initial
 draft ( ! ,s\!rn ,manife/o1 ! bicam]al 
resolution /at+ support = segregation & 
refusal to obs]ve ,br[n v4 ,bo>d (      
,education2 ,:]eas1 because ,presid5t   
,lyndon ,b4 ,johnson sign$ ! ,civil     
,rights ,act ( #aifd1 ,s5ator ,russell1 
along ) m ?an a doz5 o!r ,s5ators1      
includ+ ,h]man ,talmadge1 boycott$ !    
#aifd ,democratic ,national ,conv5tion 9
 ,atlantic ,city2 ,:]eas1 on ,m>* #ag1  
#aifd1 ! ,new ,york ,times publi%$ an   
article entitl$1 ,relocate ,negroes     
,ev5ly 9 ,/ates1 9 :i* ,s5ator ,russell 
propos$ a volunt>y racial relocation    
program to adju/ ! imbalance ( !        
,african-,am]ican population betwe5 !   
#aa ,/ates ( ! old ,conf$]acy & ! re/ ( 
! ,union2 ,:]eas 9 #aigb1 %ortly aft]   
,s5ator ,russell's dea?1 ! ,s5ate vot$ 9

 an ov]:elm+ majority 7#ii-a7 t ! ,old  
,s5ate ,(fice ,build+ be nam$ ! ,russell
 ,s5ate ,(fice ,build+2 ,:]eas hi/orian 
,gilb]t ,c4 ,fite wrote at ! conclusion 
( 8 biography ( ,s5ator ,russell1 ,:ite 
supremacy & racial segregation 7 to him 
c>d9al pr9ciples = good & workable human
 relation%ips2 & ,:]eas ,public ,law    
#aae-eh1 a jo9t resolution sign$ into   
law on ,septemb] #ad1 #bjag1 rejects    
,:ite nationalism1 ,:ite supremacy1 &   
neo,nazism3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t ! ,h\se 
( ,repres5tatives-- 7#a7 once aga9      
rejects ,:ite nationalism & ,:ite       
supremacy z hateful expressions (       
intol]ance t are contradictory to !     
values t def9e ! p ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates2   
7#b7 condemns ! use ( captions1 /atutes1
 memorials1 & artwork us$ or erect$ to  
memorialize ,s5ator ,ri*>d ,b4 ,russell1
 or any o!r lawmak] :o int5tionally     
disav[$ ! ,decl>ation ( ,indep5d5ce's   
exhortation t all p]sons are creat$     
equal2 &  7#c7 calls on ! ,s5ate to     
r5ame ! ,russell ,s5ate ,(fice ,build+ =

 an honoree :o embrac$ equality = all   
,am]icans1 & to rev]t to us+ ! build+'s 
orig9al "n1 ! ,old ,s5ate ,(fice        
,build+1 until ! ,s5ate selects su*     
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