Since the beginning of the civil rights revolution, Negro registration in almost every Southern state has increased by at least 100 percent, and in Virginia and Alabama, by 300 and 600 percent, respectively.8 There are no illusions among Southern segregationists that these gains are unimportant. The old order has already lost ground; its retreats are symbolized by the departure from public life of Sheriffs Clark and Bull Connor. Far more important, the racists have restructured old parties to cope with the emerging challenge.
