Citizens’ Councils, Conservatism and White Supremacy in Louisiana, 1964-1972
This article examines the development of Massive Resistance, in particular Citizens’ Councils, in Louisiana after the council movement in the South had passed its zenith when being unable to prevent the passage of federal civil rights and voting rights legislation. This article argues that grassroot...
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| description | This article examines the development of Massive Resistance, in particular Citizens’ Councils, in Louisiana after the council movement in the South had passed its zenith when being unable to prevent the passage of federal civil rights and voting rights legislation. This article argues that grassroots white supremacist groups in Louisiana faced a winding path of decline and revitalization, and a number of councils proved adaptive to the changing political, social, and economic landscape by devising activist strategies that focused on direct action, white voter registration, and tapping into broader conservative discourses on law and order, welfare, and morality. Similar to questions about a “long civil rights movement,” white supremacist resistance against the civil rights movement did not vanish in the latter half of the 1960s but transformed its rhetoric while seeking to align with the conservatism. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ee81dfd06cb14a19b0b51bc90d6c399a2025-08-20T04:02:13ZengEuropean Association for American StudiesEuropean Journal of American Studies1991-93362019-07-0114110.4000/ejas.14437Citizens’ Councils, Conservatism and White Supremacy in Louisiana, 1964-1972Rebecca BrückmannThis article examines the development of Massive Resistance, in particular Citizens’ Councils, in Louisiana after the council movement in the South had passed its zenith when being unable to prevent the passage of federal civil rights and voting rights legislation. This article argues that grassroots white supremacist groups in Louisiana faced a winding path of decline and revitalization, and a number of councils proved adaptive to the changing political, social, and economic landscape by devising activist strategies that focused on direct action, white voter registration, and tapping into broader conservative discourses on law and order, welfare, and morality. Similar to questions about a “long civil rights movement,” white supremacist resistance against the civil rights movement did not vanish in the latter half of the 1960s but transformed its rhetoric while seeking to align with the conservatism.https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/144371960s; Civil Rights; Citizens’ Councils; Conservatism; Critical Whiteness; Grassroots; Gender; Louisiana; Massive Resistance; New Right; Racism; Voting Rights; Wallace; White Supremacy. |
| spellingShingle | Rebecca Brückmann Citizens’ Councils, Conservatism and White Supremacy in Louisiana, 1964-1972 European Journal of American Studies 1960s; Civil Rights; Citizens’ Councils; Conservatism; Critical Whiteness; Grassroots; Gender; Louisiana; Massive Resistance; New Right; Racism; Voting Rights; Wallace; White Supremacy. |
| title | Citizens’ Councils, Conservatism and White Supremacy in Louisiana, 1964-1972 |
| title_full | Citizens’ Councils, Conservatism and White Supremacy in Louisiana, 1964-1972 |
| title_fullStr | Citizens’ Councils, Conservatism and White Supremacy in Louisiana, 1964-1972 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Citizens’ Councils, Conservatism and White Supremacy in Louisiana, 1964-1972 |
| title_short | Citizens’ Councils, Conservatism and White Supremacy in Louisiana, 1964-1972 |
| title_sort | citizens councils conservatism and white supremacy in louisiana 1964 1972 |
| topic | 1960s; Civil Rights; Citizens’ Councils; Conservatism; Critical Whiteness; Grassroots; Gender; Louisiana; Massive Resistance; New Right; Racism; Voting Rights; Wallace; White Supremacy. |
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