Question

Why were most Southern Democrats, like South Carolina's Strom Thurmond, in opposition to the civil rights acts of the

Answer 1

The most Southern Democrats, like South Carolina's Strom Thurmond, in opposition to the civil rights acts of the 1950s and early 1960s According to most Southern Democrats of the time, the civil rights acts of the late 1950s and early-1960s did not do enough to protect the voting rights of minorities.

Explanation:

• Southern democrats are the people belong to the US democratic party these are the people lived in the southern part of the United States and they are the whites.
• Strom Thurmond was an important person who strongly opposed the civil rights act of the early 1950s and 1960s. He was an American politician who served as a Senator of the United States and he belongs to Southern California.
• He opposed mainly because there is no enough laws or rules to protect the minorities.