It was southern conservatives in general, both democrat and republican. Yes there were many dixiecrats, but when did I say anything about them in my previous post? I mentioned southern conservatives...who were then mainly democrats, but after the Civil Rights movement, namely LBJ's support for the Civil Rights Act, those conservatives became Republicans.Um... Actually it was the Dixiecrats that were the main opposition to MLK. The Dixiecrats were democrats and a lot of them were associated with things like the KKK. If anything, the Republican party in the south was far more open to MLK than the Democrats back then. The Dixiecrats were openly supported by the rest of the Democratic party too... Just goes to show, both parties have bad history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixiecrat
When will Americans learn their goddamn history?
PS - Southerners in general were against MLK back then. And Northerners, both Republican and Democrat, supported the Civil Rights Act. Look up the voting numbers buddy.