The idea was: the South had some of the worst racism Boyd had ever seen, however: "when change comes, they accept it."

With all due respect to Mr. Boyd, I think he, and you, are a bit confused.

First, YES THERE IS DEEP SUITED RACISM IN THE NORTH AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN.

However RE: "when change comes, they accept it." - Nonsense.

I urge you to read Eric Foner's "Reconstruction", New York 1988 or his" Forever Free"("Reconstruction"lite) New York 2005, Douglas R. Egerton's "The Wars of Reconstruction", New York, 2014, Douglas A. Blackmon's "Slavery By Another Name"New York 2008 and any of the fine histories of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's and 1960's.

Then, we can discuss exactly how this change was "accepted".

Also, you may have noted the news items recently defending the display of the Confederate flag, defending monuments to Confederate "heroes", and defending naming public buildings and schools after the same folks, yes?