[Bidimus1]

MLK was neither a R or D, he tried to stay independent, but leaned more Lib, oddly most of the the civil rights bills were brought up by The R’s including the civil rights bill of 1960 under Ike. (with higher % R vote then D’s)

March 24, 1960 by a vote of 311-109.[3] [4] 179 Democrats and 132 Republicans voted Aye. 93 Democrats, 15 Republicans, and 1 Independent Democrat voted Nay. 2 Democrats and 1 Republican voted present. [5]

[mellow velo]

To any libs that decry that it's the Republicans that are racist, I always love to point out that Al Gore Sr., J. William Fulbright (Bill Clinton's political mentor), Robert Byrd, & a few more notable Dems took part in a filibuster against the Civil Rights Act.

Also, the % of Republicans voting for it far exceeded the % of Dems who did.