Richard Russell Jr.

Richard Brevard Russell Jr. () adalah seorang politikus Amerika asal negara bagian Georgia. Seorang anggota Partai Demokrat Amerika Serikat, ia menjabat sebagai Gubernur Georgia sebelum menjabat dalam Senat Amerika Serikat selama hampir 40 tahun, dari 1933 sampai 1971. Russell adalah pendiri dan pemimpin koalisi konservatif yang mendominasi Kongres dari 1937 sampai 1963, dan merupakan anggota paling senior dalam Senat pada masa kematiannya. Selama berdekade-dekade, ia menjadi pemimpin oposisi Kawasan Selatan terhadap gerakan hak sipil.

Sumber tambahan

Sumber primer 
 Logue, Calvin McLeod and Freshley, Dwight L., eds. Voice of Georgia: Speeches of Richard B. Russell, 1928-1969(1997)

Sumber sekunder 

 Caro, Robert A. The Years of Lyndon Johnson, vol 3: Master of the Senate (2002).
 Fite, Gilbert. Richard B. Russell Jr., Senator from Georgia (2002), the standard biography
 Finley, Keith M. Delaying the Dream: Southern Senators and the Fight Against Civil Rights, 1938–1965 (Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2008)
 
 Goldsmith, John A. Colleagues: Richard B. Russell and His Apprentice, Lyndon B. Johnson. (1993)
 Grant, Philip A. Jr. "Editorial Reaction to the 1952 Presidential Candidacy of Richard B. Russell." Georgia Historical Quarterly 1973 57(2): 167–178.
 Mann, Robert. The Walls of Jericho: Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Richard Russell and the Struggle for Civil Rights. (1996)
 Mead, Howard N. "Russell vs. Talmadge: Southern Politics and the New Deal." Georgia Historical Quarterly 1981 65(1): 28–45.
 Shelley II, Mack C. The Permanent Majority: The Conservative Coalition in the United States Congress (1983)
 Ziemke, Caroline F. "Senator Richard B. Russell and the 'Lost Cause' in Vietnam, 1954-1968," Georgia Historical Quarterly 1988 72(1): 30-71.

Pranala luar 

 Richard Brevard Russell Jr. biography 
 Letter from Senator Russell to President Truman 7 August 1945 after Bombing of Hiroshima 
 The New Georgia Encyclopedia entry for Richard B. Russell Jr. 
 Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
 Russell Community and Hall at UGA
 Richard B. Russell State Park
 
 Legends of the Dead-Ball Era, 1909-1913: Childhood baseball card collection of Richard B. Russell, Jr. from the Digital Library of Georgia
 Russell House historical marker

Presiden pro tempore Senat Amerika Serikat
Senator Amerika Serikat dari Georgia
Gubernur Georgia
Politikus Partai Demokrat (Amerika Serikat)