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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.Republicans enacted civil rights laws in the 1950’s and 1960’s, over the objection of Democrats.
Republicans founded the HCBU’s and started the NAACP to counter the racist practices of the Democrats.
Republicans pushed through much of the ground-breaking civil rights legislation in Congress.
Republicans fought slavery and amended the Constitution to grant blacks freedom, citizenship and the right to vote.
Republicans pushed through much of the groundbreaking civil rights legislation from the 1860s through the 1960s.
Republican President Dwight Eisenhower sent troops into the South to desegregate the schools.
Republican President Eisenhower appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren to the Supreme Court, which resulted in the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision.
Republican Senator Everett Dirksen from Illinois, not Democrat President Lyndon Johnson, was the one who pushed through the civil rights laws of the 1960’s.
Republican Senator Everett Dirksen from Illinois wrote the language for the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Republican Senator Everett Dirksen from Illinois also crafted the language for the Civil Rights Act of 1968 which prohibited discrimination in housing.
Republican and black American, A. Phillip Randolph, organized the 1963 March by Dr. King on Washington.- ever hear of the term "dixiecrat" or "southern strategy"? you should change your name to ctrl-vmrdobolina
- At one point the Democrats basically sucked. The Republicans suck right now.TheBlueOne
- And you conveniently stop your list at the LBJ threshold when the racism in the parties switched...TheBlueOne
- what have you done for me lately eddieeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...mrdobolina
- the dixiecrats were short lived and the only person I mentioned who was actually considered themselves a memeber was sam ervin and hugo blackDUKIE0822
- were sam ervin and hugo black..oh and btw Robert KKK Byrd is still servingDUKIE0822
- look at who Bush puts in position of power...I would hardly call him a racistDUKIE0822
- Oh please.TheBlueOne
- hahaha yeah your party is all about civil rights.mrdobolina
- Katrina.TheBlueOne
- yeah look at what a great job the democratic mayor did for his city...but once again he gets a passDUKIE0822
- yeah the mayor can call in his depleted national guard serving in iraq. you fucking lose again.mrdobolina
- actually his evacuation policy was terrible, he refused to take any responsibility and like most dems was looking for a handout from the fedsDUKIE0822
- from the fed...pretty sure you lost this oneDUKIE0822
- had the proper evacuation techniques been used the majority of people would have been saved instead he let the busses sitDUKIE0822
- and while we are talking about racism, let's talk about his views on having a segregated cityDUKIE0822
- hahahaamrdobolina
- So, if it's been the Republicans who've been so great for Blacks, why do 95% of them vote for the Dems?AndyRoss
- If the Republicans are so great for the Blacks, why are so few Blacks Republicans?AndyRoss