I can never understand how the democrats came to get the black vote when it was the republicans that did much more for them over time. It was the democrats in the south that kept blacks from voting. And if not for the Republicans the Civil Rights Act would never have made it. The democrats were trying to block it!
What gets me is what Johnson said if he got the “Civil Rights Act” passed.
“Once, while on a trip with two governors, Johnson reportedly made the following comment in explaining why the civil rights bill was so important to him. He said it was simple: ‘I’ll have them ni@@ers voting Democratic for two hundred years.’ ”
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Mr. Dallek quotes him (Johnson) defending the Supreme Court appointment of the very well-known Thurgood Marshall, rather than a black judge less identified with the civil rights cause, by saying to a staff member, “Son, when I appoint a ni@@er to the court, I want everyone to know he’s a ni@@er”
It’s pathetic how easily they were manipulated!
Don’t forget this from President Johnson when he referred to Dr. King as “ that n!@@er preacher.