How important was Southern opposition in obstructing African American civil rights in the years 1956-63.

SOUTHERN OPPOSITION:

• KKK emerged after Brown in 1954 - 16th street Baptist church bombings - freedom rides.
• Feared that the south would vote republican. 
• Problems of white southerners in congress.
• Violence and intimidation.
• Political ambition - re-election in 64.
• Only delayed civil rights.
• Literacy tests.

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