White Citizens' Councils

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf organization
gptkbp:activities economic pressure
intimidation tactics
political lobbying
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Council_of_Conservative_Citizens
gptkb:National_Association_of_White_Citizens'_Councils
gptkb:American_White_Citizens'_Council
gptkbp:associatedWith white supremacy
gptkbp:criticism racism
violence
intimidation of opponents
gptkbp:dissolved 1989
legal challenges
loss of membership
changing social attitudes
gptkbp:events rallies
speeches by leaders
mass meetings
gptkbp:founded 1954
gptkbp:funding donations
business contributions
dues from members
gptkbp:hasMember gptkb:Southern_residents
predominantly white
middle to upper class
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:post-World_War_II_America
segregation era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label White Citizens' Councils
gptkbp:impact local politics
education policies
housing policies
gptkbp:influencedBy Southern Manifesto
gptkbp:keyFigures gptkb:Leander_Perez
gptkb:John_R._Salter_Jr.
C._P._Ellis
gptkbp:legacy civil rights movement opposition
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:J._Edgar_Hoover
gptkb:Robert_Shelton
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:NAACP
gptkbp:publications The Citizen
The White Citizen
gptkbp:purpose resist desegregation
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
gptkb:Ku_Klux_Klan
gptkbp:type segregationist organization