Thomas Bahnson Stanley (1890–1970) was a Virginia businessman, politician, and the 57th Governor of Virginia, serving from January 1954 to January 1958. He is best remembered for his central role in the state’s policy of “Massive Resistance” to public school desegregation following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education.samepassage.org/thomas-bahnson-stanley/
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Thomas Bahnson Stanley (1890–1970) was a Virginia businessman, politician, and the 57th Governor of Virginia, serving from January 1954 to January 1958. He is best remembered for his central role in the state’s policy of “Massive Resistance” to public school desegregation following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
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