The History of How the Democratic Party Expanded Slavery

[regent]

All your tidbits of history have proven nothing. What does Truman using the A bomb and Hoover protesting its use, have to do with the discussion?
Did the Democratic and Republican parties change over the years regarding the ex-slaves? They made an almost complete exchange of beliefs regarding the role of black people in today's America.

 

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All your tidbits of history have proven nothing. What does Truman using the A bomb and Hoover protesting its use, have to do with the discussion?
Did the Democratic and Republican parties change over the years regarding the ex-slaves? They made an almost complete exchange of beliefs regarding the role of black people in today's America.

They prove that the Democratic Party was and is the party of slavery, racism and segregation, and that the Republican Party was and is the party of freedom and liberty.

June 5, 1956 Republican federal judge Frank Johnson rules in favor of Rosa Parks in decision striking down “blacks in the back of the bus” law

October 19, 1956 On campaign trail, Vice President Richard Nixon vows: “American boys and girls shall sit, side by side, at any school – public or private – with no regard paid to the color of their skin. Segregation, discrimination, and prejudice have no place in America”

November 6, 1956 African-American civil rights leaders Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy vote for Republican Dwight Eisenhower for President

September 9, 1957 President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republican Party’s 1957 Civil Rights Act

September 24, 1957 Sparking criticism from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, President Dwight Eisenhower deploys the 82nd Airborne Division to Little Rock, AR to force Democrat Governor Orval Faubus to integrate public schools

 

[regent]

All your tidbits of history have proven nothing. What does Truman using the A bomb and Hoover protesting its use, have to do with the discussion?
Did the Democratic and Republican parties change over the years regarding the ex-slaves? They made an almost complete exchange of beliefs regarding the role of black people in today's America.

They prove that the Democratic Party was and is the party of slavery, racism and segregation, and that the Republican Party was and is the party of freedom and liberty.

June 5, 1956 Republican federal judge Frank Johnson rules in favor of Rosa Parks in decision striking down “blacks in the back of the bus” law

October 19, 1956 On campaign trail, Vice President Richard Nixon vows: “American boys and girls shall sit, side by side, at any school – public or private – with no regard paid to the color of their skin. Segregation, discrimination, and prejudice have no place in America”

November 6, 1956 African-American civil rights leaders Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy vote for Republican Dwight Eisenhower for President

September 9, 1957 President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republican Party’s 1957 Civil Rights Act

September 24, 1957 Sparking criticism from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, President Dwight Eisenhower deploys the 82nd Airborne Division to Little Rock, AR to force Democrat Governor Orval Faubus to integrate public schools

Well if blacks vote for Republicans in this election you win.

 

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All your tidbits of history have proven nothing. What does Truman using the A bomb and Hoover protesting its use, have to do with the discussion?
Did the Democratic and Republican parties change over the years regarding the ex-slaves? They made an almost complete exchange of beliefs regarding the role of black people in today's America.

They prove that the Democratic Party was and is the party of slavery, racism and segregation, and that the Republican Party was and is the party of freedom and liberty.

June 5, 1956 Republican federal judge Frank Johnson rules in favor of Rosa Parks in decision striking down “blacks in the back of the bus” law

October 19, 1956 On campaign trail, Vice President Richard Nixon vows: “American boys and girls shall sit, side by side, at any school – public or private – with no regard paid to the color of their skin. Segregation, discrimination, and prejudice have no place in America”

November 6, 1956 African-American civil rights leaders Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy vote for Republican Dwight Eisenhower for President

September 9, 1957 President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republican Party’s 1957 Civil Rights Act

September 24, 1957 Sparking criticism from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, President Dwight Eisenhower deploys the 82nd Airborne Division to Little Rock, AR to force Democrat Governor Orval Faubus to integrate public schools

Well if blacks vote for Republicans in this election you win.

No. That's flawed logic. Let's see, where did I leave off...

September 24, 1957 Sparking criticism from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, President Dwight Eisenhower deploys the 82nd Airborne Division to Little Rock, AR to force Democrat Governor Orval Faubus to integrate public schools

June 23, 1958 President Dwight Eisenhower meets with Martin Luther King and other African-American leaders to discuss plans to advance civil rights

February 4, 1959 President Eisenhower informs Republican leaders of his plan to introduce 1960 Civil Rights Act, despite staunch opposition from many Democrats

May 6, 1960 President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republicans’ Civil Rights Act of 1960, overcoming 125-hour, around-the-clock filibuster by 18 Senate Democrats

July 27, 1960 At Republican National Convention, Vice President and eventual presidential nominee Richard Nixon insists on strong civil rights plank in platform

 

[regent]

All your tidbits of history have proven nothing. What does Truman using the A bomb and Hoover protesting its use, have to do with the discussion?
Did the Democratic and Republican parties change over the years regarding the ex-slaves? They made an almost complete exchange of beliefs regarding the role of black people in today's America.

They prove that the Democratic Party was and is the party of slavery, racism and segregation, and that the Republican Party was and is the party of freedom and liberty.

June 5, 1956 Republican federal judge Frank Johnson rules in favor of Rosa Parks in decision striking down “blacks in the back of the bus” law

October 19, 1956 On campaign trail, Vice President Richard Nixon vows: “American boys and girls shall sit, side by side, at any school – public or private – with no regard paid to the color of their skin. Segregation, discrimination, and prejudice have no place in America”
November 6, 1956 African-American civil rights leaders Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy vote for Republican Dwight Eisenhower for President

September 9, 1957 President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republican Party’s 1957 Civil Rights Act

September 24, 1957 Sparking criticism from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, President Dwight Eisenhower deploys the 82nd Airborne Division to Little Rock, AR to force Democrat Governor Orval Faubus to integrate public schools

Well if blacks vote for Republicans in this election you win.

No. That's flawed logic. Let's see, where did I leave off...

September 24, 1957 Sparking criticism from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, President Dwight Eisenhower deploys the 82nd Airborne Division to Little Rock, AR to force Democrat Governor Orval Faubus to integrate public schools

June 23, 1958 President Dwight Eisenhower meets with Martin Luther King and other African-American leaders to discuss plans to advance civil rights

February 4, 1959 President Eisenhower informs Republican leaders of his plan to introduce 1960 Civil Rights Act, despite staunch opposition from many Democrats

May 6, 1960 President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republicans’ Civil Rights Act of 1960, overcoming 125-hour, around-the-clock filibuster by 18 Senate Democrats

July 27, 1960 At Republican National Convention, Vice President and eventual presidential nominee Richard Nixon insists on strong civil rights plank in platform

Convincing posters of the purity of the Republican party doesn't help Republicans much.
It is the blacks that must be convinced, and so far they are not convinced, and will vote Democratic. The sad thing is that all that work by Republicans went for naught, because Republicans did not attempt to solve the problem but only responded to legislation passed by Democrats. Of course we understand that southern Democrats were against most of those actions.

 

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All your tidbits of history have proven nothing. What does Truman using the A bomb and Hoover protesting its use, have to do with the discussion?
Did the Democratic and Republican parties change over the years regarding the ex-slaves? They made an almost complete exchange of beliefs regarding the role of black people in today's America.

They prove that the Democratic Party was and is the party of slavery, racism and segregation, and that the Republican Party was and is the party of freedom and liberty.

June 5, 1956 Republican federal judge Frank Johnson rules in favor of Rosa Parks in decision striking down “blacks in the back of the bus” law

October 19, 1956 On campaign trail, Vice President Richard Nixon vows: “American boys and girls shall sit, side by side, at any school – public or private – with no regard paid to the color of their skin. Segregation, discrimination, and prejudice have no place in America”
November 6, 1956 African-American civil rights leaders Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy vote for Republican Dwight Eisenhower for President

September 9, 1957 President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republican Party’s 1957 Civil Rights Act

September 24, 1957 Sparking criticism from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, President Dwight Eisenhower deploys the 82nd Airborne Division to Little Rock, AR to force Democrat Governor Orval Faubus to integrate public schools

Well if blacks vote for Republicans in this election you win.

No. That's flawed logic. Let's see, where did I leave off...

September 24, 1957 Sparking criticism from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, President Dwight Eisenhower deploys the 82nd Airborne Division to Little Rock, AR to force Democrat Governor Orval Faubus to integrate public schools

June 23, 1958 President Dwight Eisenhower meets with Martin Luther King and other African-American leaders to discuss plans to advance civil rights

February 4, 1959 President Eisenhower informs Republican leaders of his plan to introduce 1960 Civil Rights Act, despite staunch opposition from many Democrats

May 6, 1960 President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republicans’ Civil Rights Act of 1960, overcoming 125-hour, around-the-clock filibuster by 18 Senate Democrats

July 27, 1960 At Republican National Convention, Vice President and eventual presidential nominee Richard Nixon insists on strong civil rights plank in platform

Convincing posters of the purity of the Republican party doesn't help Republicans much.
It is the blacks that must be convinced, and so far they are not convinced, and will vote Democratic. The sad thing is that all that work by Republicans went for naught, because Republicans did not attempt to solve the problem but only responded to legislation passed by Democrats. Of course we understand that southern Democrats were against most of those actions.

I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything, least of all you. I am merely presenting the historical facts. You couldn't be more wrong about Republicans not solving the problem. They did. Aren't you reading any of the historical evidence. Have you presented any evidence? You are also wrong that the problem was isolated to southern Democrats too. Do you have any evidence on that? Because at any time they could have sided with the Republicans and ended the reign of terror the Democrats committed against blacks. Any time, but they didn't.

July 27, 1960 At Republican National Convention, Vice President and eventual presidential nominee Richard Nixon insists on strong civil rights plank in platform

May 2, 1963 Republicans condemn Democrat sheriff of Birmingham, AL for arresting over 2,000 African-American schoolchildren marching for their civil rights

June 1, 1963 Democrat Governor George Wallace announces defiance of court order issued by Republican federal judge Frank Johnson to integrate University of Alabama

September 29, 1963 Gov. George Wallace (D-AL) defies order by U.S. District Judge Frank Johnson, appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower, to integrate Tuskegee High School

June 9, 1964 Republicans condemn 14-hour filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act by U.S. Senator and former Ku Klux Klansman Robert Byrd (D-WV), who still serves in the Senate

June 10, 1964 Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) criticizes Democrat filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act, calls on Democrats to stop opposing racial equality

 

[regent]

Do black-Americans know how Republicans have enhanced their lives since the
Great Depression?

 

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Do black-Americans know how Republicans have enhanced their lives since the
Great Depression?

You are going to have to go back to the 1820's.

Very few people today know that in 1808 Congress abolished the slave trade. That's because by the 1820's, most of the Founding Fathers were dead and Thomas Jefferson's party, the Democratic Party, which was founded in 1792, had become the majority party in Congress. With this new party a change in congressional policy on slavery emerged. The 1789 law that prohibited slavery in federal territory was reversed when the Democratic Congress passed the Missouri Compromise in 1820. Several States were subsequently admitted as slave States. Slavery was being officially promoted by congressional policy by a Democratically controlled Congress.

Missouri Compromise - Wikipedia


16th United States Congress - Wikipedia

 

[regent]

Do black-Americans know how Republicans have enhanced their lives since the
Great Depression?

You are going to have to go back to the 1820's.

Very few people today know that in 1808 Congress abolished the slave trade. That's because by the 1820's, most of the Founding Fathers were dead and Thomas Jefferson's party, the Democratic Party, which was founded in 1792, had become the majority party in Congress. With this new party a change in congressional policy on slavery emerged. The 1789 law that prohibited slavery in federal territory was reversed when the Democratic Congress passed the Missouri Compromise in 1820. Several States were subsequently admitted as slave States. Slavery was being officially promoted by congressional policy by a Democratically controlled Congress.

Missouri Compromise - Wikipedia


16th United States Congress - Wikipedia

I don't think people are going to go back to 1820's to decide if the Democrat or Republican party is for or against them. In 1932 people did not go back to discover which party was for them and which against, they pretty much knew what party they wanted.

 

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Do black-Americans know how Republicans have enhanced their lives since the
Great Depression?

You have got to be kidding. The policies of FDR decimated the black nuclear family. Even FDR acknowledged his welfare policies had destroyed the human spirit. But it was the black nuclear family that was decimated by it.

 

[Yarddog]

Do black-Americans know how Republicans have enhanced their lives since the
Great Depression?

You have got to be kidding. The policies of FDR decimated the black nuclear family. Even FDR acknowledged his welfare policies had destroyed the human spirit. But it was the black nuclear family that was decimated by it.

Short term results favored over the long term effect. A miscalculation, probably well intended.

 

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Do black-Americans know how Republicans have enhanced their lives since the
Great Depression?

You have got to be kidding. The policies of FDR decimated the black nuclear family. Even FDR acknowledged his welfare policies had destroyed the human spirit. But it was the black nuclear family that was decimated by it.

Short term results favored over the long term effect. A miscalculation, probably well intended.

I don't doubt it was well intended.

 

[regent]

Do black-Americans know how Republicans have enhanced their lives since the
Great Depression?

You have got to be kidding. The policies of FDR decimated the black nuclear family. Even FDR acknowledged his welfare policies had destroyed the human spirit. But it was the black nuclear family that was decimated by it.

Short term results favored over the long term effect. A miscalculation, probably well intended.

I don't doubt it was well intended.

The bottom line is what party will blacks vote for in this coming election, Republican or Democratic?
What political party did blacks vote for in 1932, 36, 40, 42, 46, 48...?

 

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Do black-Americans know how Republicans have enhanced their lives since the
Great Depression?

You have got to be kidding. The policies of FDR decimated the black nuclear family. Even FDR acknowledged his welfare policies had destroyed the human spirit. But it was the black nuclear family that was decimated by it.

Short term results favored over the long term effect. A miscalculation, probably well intended.

I don't doubt it was well intended.

The bottom line is what party will blacks vote for in this coming election, Republican or Democratic?
What political party did blacks vote for in 1932, 36, 40, 42, 46, 48...?

Why is that the bottom line?

 

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was introduced and approved by a staggering majority of Republicans in the Senate. The Act was opposed by most southern Democrat senators, several of whom were proud segregationists—one of them being Al Gore Sr. Democrat President Lyndon B. Johnson relied on Illinois Senator Everett Dirkson, the Republican leader from Illinois, to get the Act passed.

June 20, 1964 The Chicago Defender, renowned African-American newspaper, praises Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) for leading passage of 1964 Civil Rights Act

March 7, 1965 Police under the command of Democrat Governor George Wallace attack African-Americans demonstrating for voting rights in Selma, AL

March 21, 1965 Republican federal judge Frank Johnson authorizes Martin Luther King’s protest march from Selma to Montgomery, overruling Democrat Governor George Wallace

 

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Republicans Pushed To Achieve The “Brown v. Board of Education” Decision
Unknown today is the fact that the Democratic Party supported the Topeka, Kansas school board in the 1954 “Brown v. Topeka Board of Education” Supreme Court decision by Chief Justice Earl Warren who was appointed by Republican President Dwight Eisenhower. This landmark decision ended school segregation and declared that the "separate but equal" doctrine created by the 1896 “Plessy v. Ferguson” decision violated the 14th Amendment.

After the Brown decision, Democrat Arkansas Governor Orville Faubus tried to prevent desegregation of a Little Rock public school. President Eisenhower sent troops to Arkansas to desegregate the schools and pushed through the 1957 Civil Rights Act. In 1958, Eisenhower established a permanent US Civil Rights Commission that had been rejected by prior Democrat presidents, including President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

 

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Democrat President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” Harmed Blacks
Ignored today is the fact that it was Democrat President Franklin D. Roosevelt who started blacks on the path to dependency on government handouts during the Great Depression with his “New Deal”that turned out to be a bad deal for blacks. Even though Roosevelt received the vote of many blacks,Roosevelt banned black American newspapers from the military.

 

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Republican President Eisenhower Achieved Desegregation Of The Military
Much is made of Democrat President Harry Truman's issuing an Executive Order in 1948 to desegregate the military. Not mentioned is the fact that it was Eisenhower who actually took action to effectively end segregation in the military.

 

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Republican Senator Everett Dirksen – The Key To Modern-era Civil Rights Legislation
Little known is the fact that it was Republican Senator Everett Dirksen from Illinois, not Democrat President Lyndon Johnson, who pushed through the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act. In fact, Dirksen was instrumental in the passage of civil rights legislation in 1957, 1960, 1964, 1965 and 1968. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. hailed Senator Dirksen’s “able and courageous Leadership”, and "The Chicago Defender”, the largest black-owned daily at that time, praised Senator Dirksen “for the grand manner of his generalship behind the passage of the best civil rights measures that have ever been enacted into law since Reconstruction”.

The chief opponents of the 1964 Civil Rights Act were Democrat Senators Sam Ervin, Albert Gore, Sr. and Robert Byrd, a former official in the Ku Klux Klan who is still in Congress. None of these racist Democrats became Republicans.

 

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President Lyndon Johnson Was Not A Civil Rights Advocate
Democrats ignore the pivotal role played by Senator Dirksen in obtaining passage of the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act, while heralding President Johnson as a civil rights advocate for signing the bill.

Notably, in his 4,500-word State of the Union Address delivered on January 4, 1965, Johnson mentioned scores of topics for federal action, but only thirty five words were devoted to civil rights. He did not mention one word about voting rights. Information about Johnson’s anemic civil rights policy positions can be found in the “Public Papers of the President, Lyndon B. Johnson,” 1965, vol.1, p.1-9.

In their campaign to unfairly paint the Republican Party today as racists, Democrats point to President Johnson’s prediction that there would be an exodus from the Democratic Party because of Johnson’s signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Omitted from the Democrats’ rewritten history is what Johnson actually meant by his prediction. Johnson’s statement was not made out of a concern that racist Democrats would suddenly join the Republican Party that was fighting for the civil rights of blacks. Instead, Johnson feared that the racist Democrats would again form a third party, such as the short lived States Rights Democratic Party. In fact, Alabama’s Democrat Governor George C. Wallace in 1968 started the American Independent Party that attracted other racist candidates, including Democrat Atlanta Mayor (later Governor of Georgia) Lester Maddox.