You must remember that 100 years ago , the democratic party was pro slavery party and the republican party was the progressive party at the time . it was Abraham Lincoln's party that secured the union and abolished slavery and modernized America.......
Correct so far...........
.........In the 20th century however; every thing was the opposite . the Democratic party became the progressive party , who gave America FDR who saved America from the grate depression , and JFK who put a man in the moon 10 years after his death . it was the party that ended raciest segregation , while the republican party was trying to hold on to it with teeth and nails.............
And that is a load of crap.
Congressional Democrats in the 40's and 50's were all KKK members. And Democrat governors, such as George Wallace and others, imposed segregation. Since Abraham Lincoln, Republicans have been there for blacks when it counted. Nevertheless, Democrats invariably take all the credit for the success of the civil rights movement and invariably fail to give any credit to Republicans.
In fact, the civil rights movement was not about politics. Nor was it about which politicians did what and which political party should take the most credit. When it came to civil rights, America's politicians merely saw the handwriting on the wall and wrote the legislation to make into federal law the historical changes that had already taken place. There was nothing else they could do.
The movement of blacks to the North, as well as their contributions as fighting men in the world wars, plus the hard work of millions of blacks and their families and churches, along with the efforts of many private groups and individuals made the civil rights movement succeed. Civil rights for blacks found its historical moment after 1945. Bills introduced in Congress regarding employment policy brought the issue of civil rights to the attention of representatives and senators.
In 1945, 1947 and 1949, the House of Representatives voted to abolish the poll tax restricting the right to vote. Although the Senate did not join in this effort, the bills signaled a growing interest in protecting civil rights through federal action.
The executive branch of government, by presidential order, likewise became active by ending discrimination in the nation's military forces and in federal employment and work done under government contract. Harry Truman ordered the integration of the military. However, his Republican opponent in the election of 1948, Tom Dewey, was just as strong a proponent for that effort as any Democrat. As a matter of fact, the record shows that since 1933 Republicans had a more positive record on civil rights than the Democrats.
In the 26 major civil rights votes after 1933, a majority of Democrats opposed civil rights legislation in over 80 percent of the votes. By contrast, the Republican majority favored civil rights in over 96 percent of the votes.
I suggest you read this:
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/12/13/194350.shtml
