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On June 19, 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/on-this-day/June-19/?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130619
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)I long for the day when all legislation will again pass with votes like that
And remember, the racist Wallace dixiecrats(who in 2013 would be the RonPaul faction), voted against it,
and it took help from the other side to get this passed.
God Bless Dr. King and God Bless LBJ for getting this passed, and using all his political capital in doing so because LBJ
wanted this done, and LBJ was integral in getting this through!
And Dr. King worked hand in hand WITH LBJ and it is the singular best protest that worked.
WORKING WITH to move forward.
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madokie
(51,076 posts)my bet is it was the republicons who were against this.
stuckinodi
(113 posts)The Southern wing of the Dems, left over from opposing Lincoln.
They would become Republicans after the Civil Rights Act when Nixon developed his Southern Strategy.
Nimajneb Nilknarf
(319 posts)liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)Nimajneb Nilknarf
(319 posts)Completely wrong, but understandable given the sorry state of the teaching of US history.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)So, no.
Next time, do the research.
Pab Sungenis
(9,612 posts)Barry Goldwater, for example. He came to regret it later in life and apologize for it.
But, no, this was the defining moment of the big political realignment when the South switched from the Democrats to the Republicans for the first time since Reconstruction and never went back to any great degree. It was a realignment that started in 1948 and culminated 20 years later with Nixon's Southern Strategy.
Cirque du So-What
(25,938 posts)of my assertion that all progress in the area of human rights (among others) has been in spite of regressives who would return all of us to feudalism if it were within their power...and they're still hard at work toward attaining that goal.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)progressoid
(49,990 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)Seriously, what do you imagine Mansfield did that Reid wouldn't have?
The Link
(757 posts)A true racist. And homophobe.