The effects of the Civil Rights Act on political thinking was that more support for the rights of minorities by the Left, but opposition from the Right.
How did the Civil Rights Act affect politics?
The Civil Rights Act made it so that minorities felt they had a larger voice in the running of the United States. This gave the Left the boldness to ask for more rights for minorities. The Right decided to pushback unsuccessfully.
The 1968 Democratic Convention saw mass protests by people who were opposed to the Vietnam War. This was led primarily by the Left and influence leftist views in such a way that the youth and minorities were very involved in the primaries.
The Right on the other hand, would face a defeat by the liberal voices calling for an end to the Vietnam War.
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