Also, measuring back would favor republicans because the south was democratic until civil rights when they felt sold out and converted to republican so that probably skews the numbers
How were the numbers skewed? As I showed earlier, a majority of Republicans supported the legislation. Why would Democrats that where against the bill switch to the side that was for it. I am no expert on the subject but I am curious to your line of thinking on this.
Why don't we hear about this man or the major role he played with the Civil Rights bill. Liberals don't want the world to know that Republicans actually did a lot in the fight for civil rights
Dirksen, Everett McKinley
Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969), a Republican of Illinois, was Senate Minority Leader from 1959 to 1969, during the years when the Civil Rights Movement was at its peak. Dirksen wielded power as few minority leaders before him or since have been able to do. He achieved his power through an effective working relationship with Democrats Lyndon B. Johnson and Mike Mansfield when they served as Senate Majority Leaders. Dirksen, a colorful and crafty politician, with a marvelous sense of humor, was a master orator, who became well known to millions of Americans with the rise of television coverage of national politics. He played a vital role in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The Republican pro-civil rights forces were blessed with gifted leadership. Although Senate minority whip Thomas Kuchel initially managed the party's forces, it increasingly became clear to Democrats, Republicans, the press, civil rights groups, and the White House that Everett McKinley Dirksen was the key man in the entire civil rights legislative effort.
After criticizing H. R. 7152 in March, Dirksen began to work more closely in late spring with Humphrey and the civil rights forces to fashion a strategy that would secure passage of the bill. Dirksen organized Republican support for the bill by designating a floor captain for each of the bill's seven sections. He and the bipartisan leaders believed that five or six "swing" votes held the key to cloture and the end of debate. Almost all of these uncommitted senators were conservative Republicans from rural states without racial difficulties. Their constituents opposed the legislation because it involved expanded federal powers. The problem facing the leadership was how to enlist the support of these uncommitted senators.
By working with Dirksen to swing key votes and by marshaling public opinion and constituent support for the civil rights measure, Senate leaders moved forward with the legislation.
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