* In 1958, fully 94 percent of respondents to a Gallup Poll opposed interracial marriages.
* In 1959, 53 percent said that the Brown decision “caused more trouble than it was worth.”
* By 1964, 62 percent supported a law to guarantee blacks "the right to be served in any retail store, restaurant, hotel or public accommodation," according to a Harris survey.
* Only one in five said they sided with Alabama authorities when police broke up a protest march in Selma in 1965.
* By 1964, a majority of the U.S. population said they supported the 1964 Civil Rights Act and opposed segregation laws.
* By 2003, 73 percent said they approved of interracial marriage and 90 percent said they would be willing to vote for a Black presidential candidate.
Sharon Smith, Counterpunch
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