The Red Scare was also aimed at the Civil Rights movement. Back in the day, the Communist Party tried to recruit anti-racists and make common cause with civil rights groups. That played into the hands of McCarthy and J. Edgar Hoover. The father of modern Conservatism, Bill Buckley, tried to play off Civil Rights being a States’ Rights issue back when Eisenhower was trying to enforce Brown V. Board of Education
This is why they were against Rock and Roll in the 1950s.
Race mixing is always a problem for people who want to control how folks think.
And Jazz in the 30s and 40s.
https://www.rs21.org.uk/2014/08/15/nein-nyet-no/
The Red Scare was also aimed at the Civil Rights movement. Back in the day, the Communist Party tried to recruit anti-racists and make common cause with civil rights groups. That played into the hands of McCarthy and J. Edgar Hoover. The father of modern Conservatism, Bill Buckley, tried to play off Civil Rights being a States’ Rights issue back when Eisenhower was trying to enforce Brown V. Board of Education