The rise to power of the New Right was one of the most significant aspects of postwar America. However, this did not appear out of nowhere; it was the result of years of major changes in American politics influenced by people like George Wallace, Barry Goldwater, Phyllis Schlafly, and Ronald Reagan. This turn to the right for American politics is attributed to the sudden changes in American society and culture that did not mix well with the traditional and religious South Americans who were seen as victims of these changes. The sources that will be used to advance this argument are The Politics of Anger by Dan Carter, Piety and Property: Conservatism and Right-Wing Movements in the Twentieth Century by Lisa McGirr, and The Religious Right and the New Republican Party by EJ Dionne. , Jr. In The Politics of Anger Dan Carter writes that George Wallace was able to translate his bare-bones racism in Alabama into a national issue because he reached out to white Americans or any other white community suffering from the civil rights movements of black. He also attempted, and initially succeeded, to turn his racist and segregationist discourse into more of a state rights versus federal rights issue. So, with the red scare existing among ordinary Americans, he was able to establish a connection between those blacks, liberals and communists, strengthening his position among the strong anti-communist whites. He used “Cold War fears of international communism to discredit the civil rights movement” (346). Additionally, there was a defining moment in Wallace's career, Carter explains, that attracted serious attention: his "Standing in the Schoolhouse Door" incident, where he blocked the entrance to the University of Alabama for two... ...middle of paper......city. Racism helped shape some of the first right-wing politicians like George Wallace, and from there a new conservatism was born. To say that all conservatives are racist now, or even then, is wrong; however, no one can deny that it is at the heart of the New Right. Even now in the American South there is broad support for the Republican Party; the South where tradition takes precedence over progress. Although the Republican Party may have changed some views since the 1960s, the early contributors laid the foundation for what would follow with current politicians such as John McCain, Sarah Palin, or even the strong rise of this new Tea Party movement Party. Works Cited The Politics of Anger by Dan Carter, Piety and Property: Conservatism and Right-Wing Movements in the Twentieth Century by Lisa McGirr, and The Religious Right and the New Republican Party by EJ Dionne, Jr..