Opposition

• KKK

  To undermine Republican domination of the south

  white supremacy

  Freedman's Bureau targeted

  Attacked AA to stop them from attending desegregated schools

  Revived in 1915 on the basis of a myth

  1920s - declined

  1920- 4 million to 30,000 in 1930
• Third Enforcement Act 1871

  KKK Act and made it a federal offence for 2 or more person to conspire or deprive citizens of their right to equal protection
• Theodore Bilbo

  Violently opposed any votes for black people

  Suggested all AA should return to Africa
• Violence in 1950s-1960s

  Police Chief Bull Conner allowed attacks to go ahead without investigation. When Freedom Fighters arrived in Alabama, he allowed them to attack AA

  Attacks on homes of members of NAACP in Florida 1951
• White Citizen's Councils

  Formed in the South

  Similar aims with KKK

  Intimidation

  Pressured insurance companies to cancel policies of AA church members
• Decline in opposition


  Greater television coverage

  Support from SC rulings

  Support from political interference of federal government