Did you know the Council of Conservative Citizens was the rich man's KKK?

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... 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."
- JEWISH ADL
http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/CCCitizens.asp?LEARN_Cat=Extremism&LEARN_SubCat=Extremism_in_America&xpicked=3&item=ccc

Answer 1

I didn't know but now I do.It doesn't surprise me one bit.They only took of the edges to make it look more respectable at first sight.Typical for the regressive right.
We have parties in Europe with direct ties to the collaboration with the Nazi's posing as regular right wing groups but if you scratch the surface the filth is still there

Answer 2

The above answerer is correct. You can pick and choose what you want to make your point but do not be foolish enough to believe people will believe what ever you tell them.

Answer 3

And every one of those citizens called themselves a Democrat.