That's the most obtuse canard of an argument. If Republicans want black votes, the argument has to be better than "Generations ago, Democrats were bad on civil rights." Make a real argument: personal responsibility, anti-crime, moral values. And cut the "blacks just don't get it" attitude.
Yet Blacks still vote Democrat?
That started with the Great Society's give away welfare programs. Don't bite the hand that feeds you, you know!
You can add Henry Ford, the focus of the posted article, to the list of bigots and anti-semites who were or are 'Rats!
Republicans also allowed women to vote under Theodore Roosevelt as well as conserved thousands of acres of forest for the National Parks. Problem is, nobody knows these facts about Republicans because liberals at the very least omit these facts from history books. Many Jews and secularists have a dim view of Christians. I don't think Christians may ever live down the Salem witch trials which of course involved one city and a limited number of unfortunate victims. Many liberals only focus on the negative about Republicans and their GOP allies. Funny, if this is our only shot at existence then you would think liberals would believe in redemeption in this life but I guess they are not that forgiving and they certainly over generalize.