"The White Citizen's Council of Montgomery, 1955-1958: The Politics of Countermovement, Moral Culture and Civic Bigotry" by Seneca Vaught

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The White Citizen's Council of Montgomery, 1955-1958: The Politics of Countermovement, Moral Culture and Civic Bigotry

The Hooks Institute for Social Change (2003)

Seneca Vaught, Kennesaw State University

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Abstract

This paper intends to explore how “contentious cycles” between segregationists and integrationists created and redefined the meaning of civic virtue that ultimately led to the mobilization of the highly organized and ‘respectable’ White Citizen Council of Montgomery, Alabama.

Keywords

montgomery,
alabama,
civil rights,
countermovement,
politics of,
white citizen's council,
1955,
1958,
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Disciplines

African American Studies,
Political History,
Race and Ethnicity,
Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies,
Social History and
United States History

Publication Date

2003

Citation Information

Seneca Vaught. "The White Citizen's Council of Montgomery, 1955-1958: The Politics of Countermovement, Moral Culture and Civic Bigotry" The Hooks Institute for Social Change Vol. 03 Iss. 03 (2003)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/seneca_vaught/7/