Virginie: des législateurs noirs quittent au moment de rendre hommage à un ségrégationniste

On souhaitait honorer la mémoire de Harry F. Byrd Jr. décédé en juillet dernier à l'âge de 98 ans. Ancien Sénateur, M. Byrd s'était farouchement opposé à l'intégration raciale. Des élus noirs s'en souviennent.

 "Byrd, who died in July at age 98, served in the state Senate for 18 years before holding a U.S. Senate seat in Virginia until 1983. He was also a vocal proponent of racial segregation in the 1950s who promoted the "Southern Manifesto," a document signed by more than 100 lawmakers that opposed integrating schools after the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education."

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