The same bill the Republicans made sure got to JFK's desk.
The same bill the Republicans made sure got to JFK's desk.
Actually, if you're talking about the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Voting Rights Act (1965), they were both signed by LBJ after JFK had been killed. Also, many 'Rats tried to filibuster the bills (including Al Gore, Sr. on the first one), and the GOP saved them by voting in higher percentages in both the House and Senate for each of them.
The "Jim Crow" laws and segregation were both products of the 'Rat Party, and Woodrow Wilson even tried to ban blacks from civil service jobs.
A black friend of mine, who holds a J.D., used to work as a stockbroker, and has now been in higher ed for about five years, said during the Reagan funeral that his tax cuts were the most significant civil rights legislation since the enactment of the 14th Amendment, and when you think about it, he's probably right. They were responsible for more blacks and poor people in general reaching the economic "promised land" than just about anything else in our history, and there's been no law that couldn't have been affected simply by a vigorous enforcement of the 14th!
Whenever I get into a discussion about race, with a Dem or a Pubbie, I make sure to put the truth on the table. Its fun watching the 'Rats sputter "But, but..."