Elvis was a target of preachers and segregationists such as Asa Carter who headed the White Citizens Councils. Carter had been using his Birmingham, Alabama radio show since 1954 to talk about how the Jews and blacks were bringing down the South. In early 1956, he targeted the growing popula...
They also found that the demographics were different than other riots as the majority of those arrested in Miami were “not poor or unemployed or members of the criminal class.” The authors also observed that “Blacks in Miami seemed willing to give the criminal justice system an opportunity t...