yes, there was.
at one time the DEMOCRATS were the party of white conservative christian racists.
then they switched and the republicans became the party of white conservative christian racists.
The Democratic Party is now, and always has been the refuge for racists and bigots in general.
If you hate whites, men, straight people, etc... then the Democratic Party is your place of refuge. You can use the dems to punish the people you don't like.
You cannot even run for president as dem if you are a man, or a white person for that matter, unless you profusely apologize for the accident of your birth.
Race-centrist groups are only endorsed by the Democratic Party; there are none endorsed by the Republican Party.
There is no equivalent of race-centrist groups endorsed by the Republican Party. La Raza, BLM, National Action Network, etc... are all race-centrist groups which are endorsed, promoted and pandered to by the Democratic Party.