white citizens’ councils

E570996

political pressure group segregationist organization white supremacist organization

White citizens’ councils were white supremacist organizations in the U.S. South that coordinated political, economic, and social opposition to the civil rights movement and racial integration in the mid-20th century.

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Label	Occurrences
white citizens’ councils canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political pressure group ⓘ segregationist organization ⓘ white supremacist organization ⓘ
activeDuring	1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ
causeOfDecline	changing national attitudes toward segregation ⓘ federal civil rights legislation enforcement ⓘ
characteristic	closely aligned with local business and political elites ⓘ membership drawn from white middle and upper classes ⓘ presented themselves as respectable and non-violent ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
declinedDuring	late 1960s ⓘ
differedFrom	Ku Klux Klan by emphasizing economic and political pressure over night-riding terror ⓘ
formedInResponseTo	Brown v. Board of Education decision NERFINISHED ⓘ
goal	maintenance of white political dominance ⓘ preservation of Jim Crow laws ⓘ prevention of school integration ⓘ undermining federal civil rights enforcement ⓘ
ideology	massive resistance ⓘ racial segregation ⓘ white supremacy ⓘ
influenced	segregationist public policy in Southern states ⓘ
legacy	contributed to long-term racial inequality in the American South ⓘ served as a model for later organized white resistance to civil rights gains ⓘ
notableActivity	coordinating local massive resistance strategies ⓘ organizing campaigns against Black voter registration ⓘ pressuring school boards to resist desegregation orders ⓘ publishing segregationist newspapers and pamphlets ⓘ supporting pro-segregation political candidates ⓘ
opposed	civil rights movement ⓘ racial integration ⓘ school desegregation ⓘ
positionOnViolence	publicly disavowed overt violence while benefiting from violent intimidation by others ⓘ
region	American South NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Ku Klux Klan NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ
usedMethod	bank credit denial to Black citizens ⓘ boycotts of Black activists ⓘ economic intimidation ⓘ employment retaliation against civil rights supporters ⓘ political lobbying ⓘ pressure on public officials ⓘ propaganda ⓘ social pressure ⓘ voter suppression ⓘ

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Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation → implementedBy → white citizens’ councils ⓘ