Word: goldwaterism
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California's Democratic Governor Pat Brown came right out and charged that Goldwater shares the "position of extreme Southern Governors." That sent newsmen scurrying to ask other Governors where they thought Barry stood. Georgia's Carl Sanders said that in his state Goldwater is widely "thought of as...
Goldwater himself energetically denied that he is a segregationist or has ever been one. "When Pat Brown calls me that," said Barry, "he speaks from his usual source of ignorance."
Two Viewpoints. Where does Goldwater stand on civil rights? And why the confusion and doubt about where he stands? The confusion arises largely because Goldwater has spoken out on civil rights from two distinct viewpoints -as a man who sympathizes with the Negroes' demands for equality and as a...
Goldwater claims a proud civil rights record in his home state of Arizona.
Again and again, Goldwater has said that he sympathizes with the Negro protest movement. "If I were a Negro," he recently said, "I don't think I would be very patient either." He endorses federal intervention, with troops if necessary, when state and local officials fail to maintain law...