These acts were more than just political stunts designed to embarrass Northern political leaders who sympathized with the civil rights movement.
Governors Greg Abbott in Texas and Ron DeSantis in Florida are following the playbook of segregationiststo Northern cities for Black Southerners in the 1960s. At that time, the fight for racial equality was attracting national attention and support from many white Americans, inspiring some to join interracial Freedom Rides organized by civil rights groups to challenge segregation on interstate bus lines.
But these acts were more than just political stunts designed to embarrass Northern political leaders who sympathized with the civil rights movement. They were part of a broader effort by white supremacists to remove Black Americans from their communities and avoid dealing with the social consequences of centuries of racial discrimination.limited access to education and economic opportunities for Black people to ensure that they had few options other than working for white employers.
Strict eligibility requirements and arbitrary administration of state public assistance programs excluded many Black families from receiving aid. State legislators
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