re: #161 iceweasel

Yeah, but Mississippi had the Goodman, Chaney, and Schwermer(?) murders— civil rights workers, and more.

It did. Here’s the first racist groups coming from Mississippi:

Red Shirts (Southern United States)

The Red Shirts or Redshirts of the Southern United States were white paramilitary groups in the 19th century, active primarily after the formal Reconstruction era of the United States. They first arose in Mississippi in 1875, when conservative rifle clubs and private militias adopted red shirts to make themselves more visible and threatening to Republicans, both whites and freedmen. Similar groups formed in other Southern states and also adopted Red Shirts.

They were Democrats then but that changed in 1964 as the Dixiecrats switched parties and became Republicans. Also of note, and this is important. There’s a lot revisionist thinking about Barry Goldwater and William F. Buckley regarding civil rights but they were steadfast against civil rights and for segregation since the 1950s.