You simply MUST read this devastating article by Jeffrey Lord from today's OpinionJournal.com:
The Democrats' Missing History -- which is a full frontal take-down of the Democrat Party on their role in promoting and perpetuating slavery, Jim Crow and the KKK..
Teaser I: Did you know that there were
two Civil Rights Bills passed by COngress prior to the Civil Rights Act of 1964??? Hmmm???? Yes, there were: The Civil Rights Act of 1866, which gave blacks the right to enter into contracts, own property and appear as witnessess in legal proceedings; and the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which banned segregation of public places.
BOTH bills were sponsored and passed by REPUBLICANS, and the 1866 Act was entered into law despite the veto of Andrew Johnson, a former Democrat...
Teaser II: The 1924 Democratic Convention, held in Manhatan, was known as 'The Klanbake' because hundreds of delegates were Klan members. They even held a Klan rally, attended by convention delegates, across the river in Joisey...;-))
Lord writes for Am. Spectator, I think, and this article has been published before in an earlier version, probably.
Well worth seeing again! Lots of details...but none of it matters, you know...after all Nixon's "Southern Strategy" ALONE trumps ALL the Dems history! /sarc