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In this podcast episode, the hosts discuss the Southern Manifesto, a document signed by approximately one-fifth of the U.S. Congress in response to the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling. The landmark court ruling in 1954 declared that segregation in public schools was illegal. However, while Brown vs. Board of Education ended the policy of separate but equal, it provided little guidance on how to address inequality. Consequently, Southern states joined together to resist desegregation efforts, leading to an organized campaign known as 'massive resistance.' The effects of this resistance are still evident today, with the hosts exploring how it shaped politics and law in the following decades.