Serious question: did any significant conservative politician or intellectual support the sixties Civil Rights Movement **at the time**?
@yeselson In 1950s a lot of northern conservatives started, for the 1st time really, seeing Southern whites as natural bulwark against left
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@HeerJeet But also in combination with all of that: that is exact moment when civil rights become socially controversial and disruptive. -
@yeselson Was always seen as socially controversial and disruptive by Southern Whites. Story is how northern whites became polorized. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet@yeselson Related? Polsgrove showed very few liberals strong pro-civil rights in 50s http://www.openleft.com/showComment.do?commentId=185016 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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