Serious question: did any significant conservative politician or intellectual support the sixties Civil Rights Movement **at the time**?
@yeselson Was always seen as socially controversial and disruptive by Southern Whites. Story is how northern whites became polorized.
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@HeerJeet Yes, seen that way. But objective level of actual militancy, beginning with Montgomery bus boycotts, rapidly increasing inThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet early sixties, far greater than the Southern white supremacist nation ever had to confront before. -
@yeselson All true but what I think is interesting is that there was a streak of conservatism that was suprisingly anti-racist before 1950. - Show replies
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