The democrats ran Alabama in 1919
Yes, before the parties swapped sides.
/——/ Bullshyt. That never happened, but we understand lying to yourself is the only way you can hide from the truth of democRATs racist past.
Of the 13 Democrat segregationist senators who opposed the CRA, exactly one switched parties from (R) to (D), and that was Strom Thurmond. He switched in 1964.
One of the longest standing members of the US Senate was Sen. Robert Byrd (D). He filibustered the Civil Rights Act with Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. (D). Russell was a Democrat Senator up until 1971, when he died in office.
Then Sen. Byrd (D) served as secretary of the Senate Democratic Conference from 1967 to 1971. Sen. Byrd was the Democrat Senate whip from 1971-1977, then was the US Senate leader from 1977-1989. This was
AFTER he filibustered the CRA.
When the Democrats held the US Senate, they named the Russell Senate Office Building after Richard Brevard Russell, Jr.
So we do not fall for this crap that the Democrats suddenly rejected their hundreds of years of racism, bigotry, and segregationist ideas, and suddenly the party purified itself of those racist tendencies. Those racist Democrats remained Democrats their entire lives. And as we can see with Byrd and Russel, the dems celebrated and honored their most racist members up until their deaths.