Editing Civil rights movement (section)

===White moderates===
A majority of [[White Southerners]] have been estimated to have neither supported nor resisted the civil rights movement.<ref name=NPRprof>{{Cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15290717 |title=White Southerners' Role in Civil Rights
|website=NPR|date=October 15, 2007|access-date=April 19, 2020}}</ref> Many did not enjoy the idea of expanding civil rights but were uncomfortable with the language and often violent tactics used by those who resisted the civil rights movement as part of the [[Massive resistance]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47477354 |title=The white Southerners who fought US segregation
|work=BBC News
|date=March 12, 2019
|access-date=April 19, 2020}}</ref> Many only reacted to the movement once forced to by their changing environment, and when they did their response was usually whatever they felt would disturb their daily life the least. Most of their personal reactions, whether eventually in support or resistance were not in extreme.<ref name=NPRprof/>