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===New Deal and World War II impact: shift in left–right ideology and civil rights===

===New Deal and World War II impact: shift in left–right ideology and civil rights===

Although mainstream encyclopedia articles, books, and other various sources portray the Dixiecrat movement and typical Southern racial demagoguery in the 1930s (and onwards) as stemming from anti–New Deal sentiment, Feldman writes that in Alabama, for example, the most virulent racists "could be found on both sides of the New Deal."<ref>Feldman, Glenn (May 31, 2013). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Irony_of_the_Solid_South/lo7-k6uzUDcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bull+connor+new+deal&printsec=frontcover The Irony of the Solid South: Democrats, Republicans, and Race, 1865–1944], p. 94. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref> [[Bull Connor]], later the Birmingham police commissioner known for his violence against civil rights activists including children, was among the staunch supporters of FDR and the New Deal who later joined the SRP, regarding him as a "fine President."<ref>"The Irony of the Solid South," pp. 192–93.</ref>

Although mainstream encyclopedia articles, books, and other various sources portray the Dixiecrat movement and typical Southern racial demagoguery in the 1930s (and onwards) as stemming from anti–New Deal sentiment, Feldman writes that in Alabama, for example, the most virulent racists "could be found on both sides of the New Deal."<ref>Feldman, Glenn (May 31, 2013). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Irony_of_the_Solid_South/lo7-k6uzUDcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bull+connor+new+deal&printsec=frontcover The Irony of the Solid South: Democrats, Republicans, and Race, 1865–1944], p. 94. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref> [[Bull Connor]], later an SRP member and known as the Birmingham police commissioner who perpetrated violent police attacks against civil rights activists including children, was among the staunch supporters of FDR and the New Deal, regarding him as a "fine President."<ref>"The Irony of the Solid South," pp. 192–93.</ref>

Feldman also writes in "The Great Melding":<ref>"The Great Melding," p. 256.</ref>

Feldman also writes in "The Great Melding":<ref>"The Great Melding," p. 256.</ref>