Civil rights movement Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===White moderates=== A majority of [[White Southerners]] have been estimated to have neither supported or resisted the civil rights movement.<ref name=NPRprof>{{Cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15290717 |title=White Southerners' Role in Civil Rights |website=NPR|access-date=April 19, 2020}}</ref> Many did not enjoy the idea of expanding civil rights but were uncomfortable with the language and often violent tactics used by those who resisted the civil rights movement as part of the [[Massive resistance]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47477354 |title=The white Southerners who fought US segregation |work=BBC News |date=March 12, 2019 |access-date=April 19, 2020}}</ref> Many only reacted to the movement once forced to by their changing environment, and when they did their response was usually whatever they felt would disturb their daily life the least. Most of their personal reactions, whether eventually in support or resistance were not in extreme.<ref name=NPRprof/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page