Bill > HRes646

This resolution calls on the Senate to remove Senator Richard B. Russell's name from the Russell Senate Office Building due to his longstanding and explicit support of white supremacy and opposition to civil rights. The resolution details Russell's historical actions against racial equality, including participating in filibusters to block anti-lynching legislation, drafting the Southern Manifesto (which opposed the Brown v. Board of Education desegregation ruling), and making numerous public statements supporting white supremacy. Specifically, the resolution rejects white nationalism and white supremacy, condemns memorials honoring lawmakers who denied the principle of human equality, and requests that the Senate revert the building's name to the Old Senate Office Building until a more appropriate honoree can be found. The resolution highlights Russell's own words, including a 1936 campaign speech where he declared his willingness to sacrifice to preserve white supremacy, and cites a historian who noted that white supremacy and racial segregation were "cardinal principles" for Russell. By calling for the building's renaming, the resolution seeks to remove an honor from a historical figure who actively worked against racial equality and civil rights.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/646/all-info