[ansel12]

In the 1930s, as New Deal Democrats began cultivating African-Americans, the Republican hold on African-American voters began to fracture.

Good article and good news, but this little bit of mythology bugs me.

The black switch from Republican to Democrat was instant and permanent, FDR got 23% of the black vote in 1932 which was typical (blacks always voted GOP), and then suddenly won 71% in 1936, and it stayed that way from then on until today, creeping up a little more in the 1960s.

There is something about what changed from 1932 to 1936 that no one wants to discuss, and that is why they keep repeating this mythology about civil rights and the 1960s being when the black vote changed.

[Mad Dawgg]

"There is something about what changed from 1932 to 1936 that no one wants to discuss...

What actually happened then? (Because I've never read about it that I can remember and would like to know and research it.)

[kabumpo]

I see your point. Was it welfare?