Preliminary drawing for Harry Flood Byrd, U.S. Senator from Virginia, and leader of the pols who opposed Brown v. Board of Education, coined the term "Massive Resistance" which lead to the closing of Virginia schools. He was politically powerful in Virginia politics, serving as the virtual gate keeper to anyone wanting to run for statewide office.  Was a very skilled politician whose segregationist fervor was reprehensible—thus a scoundrel.