“there is a major ‘disconnect with the civil rights movement and the history of it.’”
Truer words have never been spoken:
Take the Test:
BLACK POLITICAL HISTORY: THE UNTOLD STORY
NOTE: All answers are “b.”
1. What Party was founded as the anti-slavery Party and fought to free blacks from slavery?
[ ] a. Democratic Party
[ ] b. Republican Party
2. What was the Party of Abraham Lincoln who signed the emancipation proclamation that resulted in the Juneteenth celebrations that occur in black communities today?
[ ] a. Democratic Party
[ ] b. Republican Party
http://www.nbra.info/DYK-HistoryTest
The ENTIRE cast of “The Butler” will FAIL IT as will most of America. Test brought to YOU by...BLACK REPUBLICANS!
In 1964/65 a much higher percentage of republicans than democrats in both houses of congress voted for the civil rights act. If republicans had voted in the same percentage as democrats, the bill would never have passed.