It was a bit slower than that. I think it started after FDR that the Dems became more liberal and the Republicans more regressive. Around the time of George Wallace I think is when the drift was over.
Do let us recall, please, that while former governor George Wallace was still an unrepentent racist, he said of the parties
"There's isn't a dime's worth of difference between them."
I happen to think that the Civil Rights Bill 1964 was good thing.
At the time, of course, I was a young teen surrounded by racists adults who thought passage of this law was the end of the world and so naturally I agreed with them then.
By 1968 or so I began to think my elders were basically nuts.
At the time, of course, I was a young teen surrounded by racists adults who thought passage of this law was the end of the world and so naturally I agreed with them then.
By 1968 or so I began to think my elders were basically nuts.
We live and learn, folks.