Oh, and who was in power when such measures were approved? Democrat Lyndon Johnson. He called his program the “Great Society.”
Once, while on a trip with two governors, Johnson reportedly made the following comment in explaining why the civil rights bill was so important to him. He said it was simple: "I'll have them niggras voting Democratic for two hundred years."
The quote is attributed to Lyndon Johnson by Ronald Kessler in his book "Inside the White House".
Inside the White House
The quote is also mentioned on Page 6 of "Can America Survive?" by Ben Stein, Phil DeMuth.
Johnson was notorious for his use of the n-word. He cared for little but money, power, and fame.