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"148 years ago yesterday, to be precise. With Abraham Lincoln a REPUBLICAN president, despite what certain colleges would like to feed their students…
"What did the Democrats do?
"Nearly every Democrat voted against it." Full article
So where did the pro-segregation Dixiecrats go? "Contrary to legend, it makes no sense for them to join with the Republican Party whose history is replete with civil rights achievements. The answer is, they returned to the Democrat party and rejoined others such as George Wallace, Orval Faubus, Lester Maddox, and Ross Barnett. Interestingly, of the 26 known Dixiecrats (5 governors and 21 senators) only three ever became republicans: Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Mills E. Godwind, Jr. The segregationists in the Senate, on the other hand, would return to their party and fight against the Civil Rights acts of 1957, 1960 and 1964. Republican President Dwight Eisenhower proffered the first two Acts."
Eric M. Wallace, Ph. D; Dr. Wallace is the founder and Publisher of Freedom's Journal Magazine.
So, how dare Democrats spew this racialist screed? "Utterly vile racial demagoguery from the Secretary of Health and Human Services (via CNS News):"....
"What did the Democrats do?
"Nearly every Democrat voted against it." Full article
So where did the pro-segregation Dixiecrats go? "Contrary to legend, it makes no sense for them to join with the Republican Party whose history is replete with civil rights achievements. The answer is, they returned to the Democrat party and rejoined others such as George Wallace, Orval Faubus, Lester Maddox, and Ross Barnett. Interestingly, of the 26 known Dixiecrats (5 governors and 21 senators) only three ever became republicans: Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Mills E. Godwind, Jr. The segregationists in the Senate, on the other hand, would return to their party and fight against the Civil Rights acts of 1957, 1960 and 1964. Republican President Dwight Eisenhower proffered the first two Acts."
Eric M. Wallace, Ph. D; Dr. Wallace is the founder and Publisher of Freedom's Journal Magazine.
So, how dare Democrats spew this racialist screed? "Utterly vile racial demagoguery from the Secretary of Health and Human Services (via CNS News):"....
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