06-23-2020, 02:06 PM
(06-23-2020, 01:51 PM)Dill Wrote: "White people" passed the Civil Rights Act and Voters Rights Act in response to the tension created by civil rights "mobs." You agree with that, right?
No. I don't think white people supported the Civil rights Act because they were intimidated by violent mobs tearing shit apart. Instead I think the white people in the north reacted to the atrocities finally showing up on the televisions (dogs and fire hoses on peaceful protestors) and in magazines (the horrific image of Emmitt Till).
Most of the extreme "race riots" across the country actually occured AFTER the passage of the Civil Rights Act
