Do Americans know cons used to oppose the civil rights movement as a communist movement?

Question

JACKSON, Miss. - James Ford Seale has remained publicly silent as he awaits trial next month on kidnapping and conspiracy charges in the 1964 deaths of two black teenagers. But four decades ago, he offered his white supremacist opinions freely, to anyone who would listen.

In a signed letter using racial epithets, he railed against the recently enacted Civil Rights Act and exhorted fellow white Mississippians to wage a holy war against integration.

“The time has come,” Seale’s letter said, “for the Christian people of this nation to stand up and fight for what is right in the eyes of God and man and not what a few men in congress or the senate decided on under pressure from the n------ and communists.”

The letter, which ran on the back page of the Advocate, includes several passages from the Bible that Seale interprets to mean Christians should fight, to the death if necessary, to stop the mixing of races. It was a common theme for members of the Ku Klux Klan as the civil rights movement made Mississippi its primary target.

“The so called Civil Rights Bill is nothing less than a giant step to communist dictatorship of America,” he wrote.

One Klan poster cited in Marsh’s book declared: “Members are Christians who are anxious to preserve not only their souls for all Eternity, but who are MILITANTLY DETERMINED, God willing, to save their lives, and the Life of this Nation, in order that their descendants shall enjoy the same, full, God-given blessings of True Liberty that we have been permitted to enjoy up to now.”

Seale, too, cast anti-integration as a moral cause in his 1964 letter: “The time is here and passing fast for the people of this great nation to fight and die for what is right. If you choose to live and die under communism dictatorship, may God have mercy on your souls.”

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BY THE WAY, THE RACIST SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS THAT OPPOSED THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WERE (((CONSERVATIVES))). LET ME ALSO ADD THAT THE REPUBLICANS THAT WENT ALONG WITH THE LIBERAL WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN SUPPORT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 WERE FROM LIBERAL STATES LIKE MASSACHUSETTS AND VERMONT, NOT ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI (LIKE THEY AR TODAY).

"Southern Bloc"
The name given to a group of ((CONSERVATIVE)) southern Democratic Senators, and one Republican Senator (John Tower of Texas), who opposed passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The southern bloc was led by Senator Richard Russell of Georgia.
http://www.congresslink.org/print_teaching_glossary.htm#Sbloc

VastRight,

Southern Democrat is another word for CONSERVATIVE especially during the 1960s. You really didn't believe the Republican Party was always synonymous with conservatism and the South did you?

Answer 1

Not only those two movements, but every single piece of legislation having to do with social upward mobility that has come down the pipe. Great comment.

Answer 2

THE MAJOTIRY OF DEMOCRATIC SOUTHERN SENATORE OPPOSED THE PASSAGE OF THE CIVIL RIGHT BILL.

Vote totals

Totals are in "Yea-Nay" format:

* The Original House Version: 290-130 (69%-31%)
* The Senate Version: 73-27 (73%-27%)
* The Senate Version, as voted on by the House: 289-126 (70%-30%)

By party

The original House version:

* Democratic Party: 153-96 (61%-39%)
* Republican Party: 138-34 (80%-20%)

The Senate version:

* Democratic Party: 46-22 (68%-32%)
* Republican Party: 27-6 (82%-18%)

The Senate version, voted on by the House:

* Democratic Party: 153-91 (63%-37%)
* Republican Party: 136-35 (80%-20%)

[edit] By party and region

The original House version:

* Southern Democrats: 7-87 (7%-93%)
* Southern Republicans: 0-10 (0%-100%)

* Northern Democrats: 145-9 (94%-6%)
* Northern Republicans: 138-24 (85%-15%)

The Senate version:

* Southern Democrats: 1-20 (5%-95%) (only Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas voted in favor)
* Southern Republicans: 0-1 (0%-100%) (this was Senator John Tower of Texas)
* Northern Democrats: 45-1 (98%-2%) (only Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia opposed the measure)
* Northern Republicans: 27-5 (84%-16%) (Senators Bourke Hickenlooper of Iowa, Barry Goldwater of Arizona, Edwin L. Mechem of New Mexico, Milward L. Simpson of Wyoming, and Norris H. Cotton of New Hampshire opposed the measure)

MOSTLY ALL SOUTHERNERS WERE OPPOSED.

Answer 3

Apparently you didn't quite remember who was in power in the south? You confuse southern conservatives, Republicans, and Democrats. Southern Democrats were the leaders of the south that were opposing the civil rights movement. It was a Republican president, Eisenhower, who forced the south to segregate. That having said, many leaders in the civil rights movement were also involved in the Communist Party in the United States. These are matters of public record.

Thank you for massively generalizing all Republicans, conservatives, and Democrats. I'm guessing that Steale was actually a conservative southern DEMOCRAT. You really should do more research instead of spurting this slanted BS.

Answer 4

I am sure there is some reason for this long rant against "Cons". Just why you want to warm up this 40 year old soup again is another question. All I know is more Republicans than Democrats voted for the civil rights act. Also there are no ex KKK members on the Republican side of Congress.

Answer 5

do you recognize how ignorant you sound? What makes you think of that it replaced into the conservatives that did this? in fact that lots of the South on the time replaced into Democrat. the undeniable fact that this guy calls on the Christians would not point out a conservative flow, except you say that Demorcrats are a godless team. do slightly extra analyze on demographics. i think you think of Lincoln replaced right into a democrat? incorrect.

Answer 6

I think PH _yo meant George Wallace was the biggest opponent to INTEGRATION not Segregation.

His famous inauguration quote was "segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever."

Answer 7

i guess most americans will not know this, coz they believe in the strange logic that every one has the right to live and thrive. so the white loonies can say nything, the human rights lobby will look after them. no????

Answer 8

I knew that. Is pathetic to see conservatives trying to excuse their ancestors and coming up with idiotic responses.

Answer 9

I sure love when you post questions. its so funny to see the idiotic stuff that comes from liberals.

here this proves who causes global warming. I bet this "correlation" makes no sense.

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Answer 10

boy...you got em.

Everyone knows that nothing in politics changes, especially after 42 years.