Not much. Remember there was no lively conservative media then, so I only had the MSM to learn from while growing up. They called segregationists conservatives, like they now paint fraudulent bankers as conservatives. And they distorted any actual useful conservative principles like State Sovereignty, by pointing only to the abuses such as segregation. I hope you don’t think I am blind to the follies of my youth.
I imagine your journey makes you more perceptive than most conservatives out there.