“There’s not sufficient troops within the Military to power the southern folks to interrupt down segregation and admit the Nigra [Sic] race into our theaters, into our swimming swimming pools, into our properties, and into our church buildings.”
That’s a quote from dipshit bigot Strom Thurmond, civil rights opponent and South Carolina Senator from 1954-2003. Yeah. He was additionally a Democrat, particularly a Dixiecrat. To be clear, it was that Democrats and Republicans have been unfold extra evenly throughout the nation. It was understood that each Southern Democrats and Southern Republicans have been motivated by white supremacy greater than their Northern counterparts. Then, President Lyndon Johnson—a Democrat—signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, offhandedly remarking to journalist Invoice Moyers later that day, “Effectively, I believe we could have misplaced the south in your lifetime – and mine.”
LBJ was extra proper than he might’ve probably imagined. Southern Democrats left in droves, becoming a member of the Republican Celebration and we’ve been pretending race has nothing to do with our politics ever since.
