If anybody from the white South says or does anything, it's always racially motivated.

And after slavery ended, the white South imposed segregation "to protect blacks."

Ultimately, however, the longest legacy of the system may be as symbol for white South's injustice and inhumanity.

He wanted to support "the economic and cultural leverage of the white South in national politics."

The civil rights movement caused enormous controversy in the white South with many attacking it as a violation of states' rights.

The patriotic smears have helped him most in the most conservative areas, the mountain states and the white South.

To the white South, this strategy trampled their Constitutional rights.

The gap between the white South and the rest of the country was especially pronounced among voters who are better-off financially.

Kennedy's civil rights commitments cost him dearly at the time, especially in the white South.

With the exception of farm subsidies, that is fine with the white South.