Republicans were slaveholders. Lincoln was a staunch Democrat who freed the slaves.
The Ku Klutz Klan was invented by Repulicans to terroize and keep those uppity Negros in their place.
Jim Crow laws were enacted by Southern Republicans to deny those Nigrows their rights under the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.
Rosa Parks was villified by the Republicans and arrested!
In 1964 the Civil Rights act was in jeopardy but was finally passed through the good offices and support of the Democratic Party. Expecially Senator Gore of Tennessee who's only hope was that his son would ascend to the presidency!
Rewrite History and dumb down the populace and anything is believable!