SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : The Trump Presidency

 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: koan who wrote (176873)8/14/2020 2:03:26 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) of 355447
 
"Harry Truman integrated the army and Democrats started talking on the civil rights issue. So it made sense for the African Americans to join with the democrats."

12 years later, MLK #1 was still an R, and Jackie Robinson was endorsing Nixon over JFK, so it made more sense in your head than it did on the ground. Sending in federal troops to protect students from Democratic governors had a lot to do with that.
Why Eisenhower Sent the 101st Airborne to Little Rock



"Northern Democrats vote for the civil rights act and most of the no votes came from conservative Republicans and Southern Dixiecrats?"
The filibuster was broken by conservative Everett Dirkson, and the Dixiecrats were Democrats. We own them, in the history books, if not your head.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext