Complex sentence: He ignored the fight led by U.S. Senator Trent Lott which resulted in a posthumous pardon for Jefferson Davis instead designating March 30 as "Clyde Kennard Day", saying that it was the appropriate way to honor Kennard.
Split into simpler sentences: He ignored the fight led by U.S. Senator Trent Lott which resulted in a posthumous pardon for Jefferson Davis. Instead he designated March 30 as "Clyde Kennard Day", saying that it was the appropriate way to honor Kennard.