What is the White Citizens' Council?
Q: What is the White Citizens' Council?
A: The White Citizens' Council was a group of Americans who believed in white supremacy and opposed racial integration during the 1950s and 1960s.
Q: When was the White Citizens' Council founded?
A: The White Citizens' Council was founded on July 11, 1954.
Q: What was the White Citizens' Council's response to integration efforts?
A: The White Citizens' Council responded to integration efforts with economic boycotts and other intimidation against black activists, including depriving them of jobs.
Q: How many members did the White Citizens' Council have and where were they primarily located?
A: The White Citizens' Council had about 60,000 members, mostly in the South.
Q: What was the White Citizens' Council a part of?
A: The White Citizens' Council was a part of the "massive resistance" in the South against court decisions that required racial integration.
Q: What happened to the influence of the White Citizens' Council in the 1970s?
A: The influence of the White Citizens' Council dropped very much in the 1970s because the federal government was working hard to enforce federal civil rights legislation that had been passed in the mid-1960s over the opposition of the WCC.
Q: What did people in the White Citizens' Council go on to found in 1985?
A: People in the White Citizens' Council went on to found the Council of Conservative Citizens in 1985.
