I'm researching the Civil Rights Movement for my religion class and I've had no problem writing a few pages about the SCLC and the Nation of Islam among the other religiously motivated civil rights activists. I now have the problem of not being able to find much on the religiously based opposition to the movement. I've written so far about the KKK and a few other examples but I'm struggling to source information on this. I'm not so much asking you gusy to tell me the answers as to give advice on how to go about researching this as rn I'm fairly stuck for sources.
Any help on sourcing info would be appreciated.
Thanks.
I would try the Citizens Councils, which distanced themselves from the KKK and tried to make segregation appear “respectable” (while still being fully for white supremacy). They did have religious leaders join and you’re more likely to find the kind of argument you’re looking for.
For example this paper looks at “white religiosity in opposition to civil rights”.
There was an official newspaper you may have luck with, the full run is here.