“A year [after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965], the white backlash had become an emotional electoral issue in California, Maryland and elsewhere. In several Southern states men long regarded as political clowns had become governors or only narrowly missed election, their magic achieved with a “witches’” brew of bigotry, prejudice, half-truths and whole lies.” PoliticsRacismLiesPrejudiceSouthBigotryGovernorsElectionsBacklashWhite Backlash Book:Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Source: Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?