You probably should do that because:
Members of today’s Republican Party tell a tale about republican support for the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Act. They spin a fabulous story about a democratic filibuster and will say that by percentage more Democrats opposed these bills than Republicans.
But the reality was this:
As it pertains to the Civil Rights Act, 153 Democrats and 139 Republicans voted in favor of the legislation in the House. In the Senate, forty-six Democrats and twenty-seven Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act.
In the House, 221 Democrats voted for the Voting Rights Act, and 112 Republicans did. In the Senate, forty-seven Democrats voted for the Voting Rights Act, and thirty Republicans did.
HR. 7152, Senate vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Jun 19, 1964
HR. 7152. PASSAGE. -- Senate Vote #409 -- Jun 19, 1964
H.R. 7152. Civil Rights Act of 1964. Adoption of a resolution (h. Res. 789) providing for house approval of the bill as amended by the Senate, Jul 2, 1964
H.R. 7152. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. ADOPTION OF A … -- House Vote #182 -- Jul 2, 1964.
TO PASS S. 1564, The Voting Rights Act Of 1965, May 26, 1965,
TO PASS S. 1564, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965. -- Senate Vote #78 -- May 26, 1965 .
TO PASS H.R. 6400, The 1965 Voting Rights Act, Jul 9, 1965,
TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT. -- House Vote #87 -- Jul 9, 1965 .