The White Citizens’ Councils that had opposed the Civil Rights Movement had been defunct for decades. But as Y2K approached, they reemerged under the name the Council of Conservative Citizens. According to the president of a Mississippi chapter, they used the “old White Citizens Council mailing lists to set up the new organization.” The Council of Conservative Citizens said they were tired of the culture of “political correctness,” which derided them as racists simply because they were racist.
