A March 12, 2007 article written by acclaimed Washington columnist Robert Novak sheds a very revealing light on the true sentiment of Hillary Clinton during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement.

In an attempt to attract black support Hillary Clinton regularly shares her ‘civil rights experience’ during every speech given to black audiences. Novak writes of one such speech at Selma’s First Baptist Church on the 42nd anniversary of the "bloody Sunday" freedom march there, where Sen. Clinton declared: "As a young woman, I had the great privilege of hearing Dr. King speak in Chicago. The year was 1963.

The fact is, in 1963, not only was Hillary Clinton a republican, but she was also a staunch supporter of republican Senator Barry Goldwater, well known as a segregationist and one of the most vocal senators adamently against the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which is why he lost in his presidential bid to Lyndon B. Johnson. Novak writes "…how then could she be a ‘Goldwater Girl’ in the next year’s presidential election?" He continues, "…she described herself in her memoirs as ‘an active Young Republican’ and ‘a Goldwater girl, right down to my cowgirl outfit.’

Novak adds, "As a politically attuned honor student, she must have known that Goldwater was one of only six Republican senators who joined Southern Democratic segregationists opposing the histo ric voting rights act of 1964 inspired by King. Hillary headed the Young Republicans at Wellesley College. The incompatibility of those two positions of 40 years ago was noted to me (Novak) by Democratic old-timers who were shocked by Sen. Clinton’s temerity in pursuing her presidential candidacy."

To Read Novak’s original article simply Google ‘ Hillary, King, Goldwater ‘. His article is everywhere. Then SHARE THE TRUTH. We’ve had a liar in office long enough. NO MORE !!!!!

a lot of things had happened in that 100 years since the end of slavery to build up to that point.

the radical reconstruction following the war was too coercive and failed, leading to a backlash in the south. there needed to be a political justification for laws like the civil rights act and other government decisions like desegregation, which hadn’t been  done before because of people’s views of how government operated.

the radical reconstruction had involved a lot of federal power that was created during the civil war, and the backlash a retreat from imposing federal power. A lot of the laws and directives in the civil rights movement were a return to accepting federal power. A lot of that we’re weening off of again today, with renewed arguments for states rights and attacks on judicial activism.

i’m not saying the civil rights acts were wrong (as I dont think they were), but to be perfectly balanced, honestly, the history of this country’s laws on equal protection are inseparably tied to the history of the country’s views on government imposing power.

 Dr Martin Luther King Jr. could not  and did not end the sergregation and racial inequality along. It took  us Blacks people, White people, Red people,  Brown people, LBJ and a nation of people that understood our struggles that caused the civil rights movement to susceed.
 
I truly believe that if Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was still alive he would have said the same.

Besides, statistically, VERY FEW white people "joined hands" with black people to fight for civil rights.  The vast majority of white people either did absolutely nothing to change things, or supported segregation by voting for pro-segregationist governors. If it hadn’t been for white apathy and resistance, it would not have taken America an embarrassing 100 years (after the formal end of slavery) for the white controlled federal and state governments to finally fully recognize black citizens as equals.  Hillary’s perspective on history is a little "white-washed" to say the least.