Are Americans aware the Council of Conservative Citizens was the KKK for rich people?

Question

"A slew of white citizens groups sprang up to oppose desegregation. The most widespread was the White Citizen's Council, called the "country club Klan" by its critics because members included governors, judges, and congressmen."
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/gallery6.asp

The St. Louis-based Council of Conservative Citizens traces its roots directly to the racist, anti-integrationist White Citizens' Councils of the 1950s and 1960s.

CCC's online "wanted" poster of Abraham Lincoln
Its current leader, attorney Gordon Lee Baum, was an organizer for the WCC and built the Council of Conservative Citizens in part from the old group's mailing lists. Like its predecessor, the CCC inflames fears and resentments, particularly among Southern whites, with regard to black-on-white crime, nonwhite immigration, attacks on the Confederate flag and other issues related to "traditional" Southern culture.
http://www.adl.org/learn/Ext_US/CCCitizens.asp?xpicked=3&item=12

Answer 1

you must want to join the kkk since you are so hung up on asking questions about them

Answer 2

i've got not heard or participated in any severe communicate of impeachment purely the be conscious coming up on one media article or yet another. I certainly have heard of congress desirous to look at yet that would not equivalent a call for impeachment. I doubt any crime has been dedicated and one might desire to be in the previous a president could be impeached. Now as on your allegations of synthetic scandals. The scandals are genuine my pal and might properly be a huge political concern for the democrats yet back i do no longer see impeachment on the Horizon. Nancy Pelosi (i'm exceedingly confident she is a democrat and robust supporter of Obama) stated publicly that the IRS deserved condemnation. might she if the scandal grew to become into pretend? On tuesday lawyer regularly occurring Eric Holder ordered an analyze. The lawyer regularly occurring of america of a is investigating synthetic scandal? Obama fired the top of the IRS over a pretend, synthetic scandal? Harry Reid has been quoted asserting he has concern protecting what the justice branch did. Democratic head of the senate judiciary committee says he's amazingly afflicted and needs and clarification. those are all staunch supporters of Obama and that they are all acknowledging the scandals are a huge concern so as that they do no longer see them as synthetic the two. The IRS overstepped its bounds, The justice departement did additionally and definite 4 human beings are ineffective that perrhaps does no longer be if issues have been achieved in a different way. all of it exceeded off on Obamas watch and he has it to handle like it or no longer. I doubt any of it is going to hint decrease back to an instantaneous order from the President however the folk that set those abuses up might desire to be pointed out and punished. there is no longer something pretend approximately it.

Answer 3

Lincoln was a "radical north east republican?" He was the first republican presidential candidate and he is from Kentucky. Do you think that Kentucky is in the North East? The republican party was the anti-salvery party. It was the republicans in congress that passed the Civil Rights Act over the objections of the Southern Democrats in congress. There are all kinds of groups that claim all kinds of patriotic names and are actually socialists like "People For The American Way" .

It has no bearing on what the group is really about.



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Answer 4

Abraham Lincoln was a RADICAL Republican from the northeast. That's a fact. Today's southern conservative based Republican Party have little to do with "Lincoln's Republican Party."

By the way, the term "Radical Republican" was created by white southerners to describe northeastern Republicans (like Charles Sumner from Massachusetts) who they believed were being too tough with them on reconstruction.

I imagine the term "Radical Republican" was used by southerners to describe northeastern Republicans just like "Liberal Democrats" is used today to describe today's northeastern Democrats.

Answer 5

Yes , I lived it . My grandparents were from Southern IL and they hated FDR , were Republicans and were big church goers . My granduncle was a Klan member and remember him going to a meeting , then talked about finding a ni**er to hang him . I think I was 5 yrs at that time . It turned me away from the church , but not God

Answer 6

The CCC is as despicable as the Klan, more people need to know about this KKK-in-disguise.

Answer 7

Some of these conservative groups, with patriotic sounding names, were directly derived from racist groups.

Answer 8

And are YOU aware that the predominant political party of choice was Democrat?

Answer 9

Abraham Lincoln was a Republican. This is a fact.

Answer 10

It doesn't surprise me Conservative is the new term for racist.