Goldwater was a founder of the Phoenix NAACP.
Goldwater was a founder of the Phoenix NAACP.
Apologies. My language was imprecise. He opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the major piece of Civil Rights legislation that continues to control our interactions to this day.
From Wikipedia:
Although he had supported all previous federal civil rights legislation, Goldwater made the decision to oppose the Civil Rights Act of 1964[12]. His stance was based on his view that the act was an intrusion of the federal government into the affairs of states and, second, that the Act interfered with the rights of private persons to do business, or not, with whomever they chose.[13]