| 单词 | massive resistance |
| 释义 | massive resistanceThe opposition of many white leaders in the South to the decision of the Supreme Court in Brown versus Board of Education in 1954. The Court had declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. The expression massive resistance was used in a letter signed by over a hundred members of Congress, calling on southerners to defy the Supreme Court's ruling. Words nearby massive resistanceMassine, Massinger, Massinisa, Massinissa, massive, massive resistance, massive retaliation, mass leave, massless, mass man, mass-market The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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