Read First: The New Southern Strategy
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The political shift towards a conservative Republican party did not occur overnight. However, white resistance to the civil rights movement of the 1960s led to the "Southern Strategy"- a subversive method of racism built upon practices that appeared to race-neutral, but in effect, were discriminatory in practice. Read about this political shift and how it became the launch pad for the 1980's Conservative Movement.
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