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Open Question: Which political party has “flip-flopped” the most on the race issue? |
* Democrats fought to expand slavery while Republicans fought to end it.* Democrats passed those discriminatory Black Codes and Jim Crow laws.* Democrats fought against anti-lynching laws.* Democrats fought to keep blacks in slavery and away from the polls, and they started the Ku Klux Klan to terrorize them.* Democrat Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, is well known for having been a “Keagle” in the Ku Klux Klan.* Democrat Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, personally filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for 14 straight hours to keep it from passage.* Democrats passed the Repeal Act of 1894 that overturned civil right laws enacted by Republicans.* Democrats declared that they would rather vote for a “yellow dog” than vote for a Republican, because the Republican Party was known as the party for blacks.* Democrat President Woodrow Wilson, reintroduced segregation throughout the federal government immediately upon taking office in 1913.* Democrat President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first appointment to the Supreme Court was a life member of the Ku Klux Klan, Sen. Hugo Black, Democrat of Alabama.* Democrat President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s choice for vice president in 1944 was Harry Truman, who had joined the Ku Klux Klan in Kansas City in 1922.* Democrat President Franklin D. Roosevelt resisted Republican efforts to pass a federal law against lynching.* Democrat President Franklin D. Roosevelt opposed integration of the armed forces.* Democrat Senators Sam Ervin, Albert Gore, Sr. and Robert Byrd were the chief opponents of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.* Democrat public safety commissioner Eugene “Bull” Connor, in Birmingham, Ala., unleashed vicious dogs and turned fire hoses on black civil rights demonstrators.* Democrats were who Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the other protestors were fighting.* Democrat Georgia Governor Lester Maddox “brandished an ax hammer to prevent blacks from patronizing his restaurant.* Democrat Governor George Wallace stood in front of the Alabama schoolhouse in 1963, declaring there would be segregation forever.* Democrat Arkansas Governor Faubus tried to prevent desegregation of Little Rock public schools.* Democrat Senator John F. Kennedy voted against the 1957 Civil rights Act.* Democrat President John F. Kennedy opposed the 1963 March on Washington by Dr. King.* Democrat President John F. Kennedy, had Dr. King wiretapped and investigated by the FBI.* Democrat President Bill Clinton’s mentor was U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright, an Arkansas Democrat and a supporter of racial segregation.* Democrat President Bill Clinton interned for J. William Fulbright in 1966-67.* Democrat Senator J. William Fulbright signed the Southern Manifesto opposing the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision.* Democrat Senator J. William Fulbright joined with the Dixiecrats in filibustering the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1964.* Democrat Senator J. William Fulbright voted against the 1965 Voting Rights Act.Regarding the Republican Party, historians report that while Democrats were busy passing laws to hurt blacks, Republicans devoted their time to passing laws to help blacks. Republicans were primarily responsible for the following Civil Rights legislation:1. The Emancipation Proclamation2. The 13th Amendment3. The 14th Amendment4. The 15th Amendment5. The Reconstruction Act of 18676. The Civil Rights of 18667. The Enforcement Act of 18708. The Forced Act of 18719. The Ku Klux Klan Act of 187110. The Civil Rights Act of 187511. The Freeman Bureau12. The Civil Rights Act of 195713. The Civil Rights Act of 196014. The United State Civil Rights CommissionAnd gave strong bi-partisan support and sponsorship for the followinglegislation15. The Civil Rights Act of 196417. The Voting Rights Act of 196518. The 1968 Civil Rights Acts19. The Equal Opportunity Act of 197220. Goals and Timetables for Affirmative Action Programs21. Comprehensive Employment Training Act of 197322. Voting Rights Act of Amendment of 198223. Civil Rights Act of 198324. Federal Contract Compliance and Workforce Development Act of 1988
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