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To: Brumar89 who wrote (44027)	1/3/2015 7:19:17 PM
From: DMaA	3 Recommendations Recommended By Brian Sullivan Brumar89 Geoff Altman Respond to of 125626

As everyone here knows, proportionately many more Republicans than democrats voted for the Civil Rights Act of 64. Daddy Gore voted No.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (44027)	1/4/2015 10:54:23 AM
From: Carolyn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 125626

Psst. The Speaker of the House is third in line, followed by the Secretary of State.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (44027)	1/4/2015 11:11:46 AM
From: FJB	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 125626

Woodrow Wilson's record on race relations was not very good. African Americans welcomed his election in 1912, but they were worried too. During his first term in office,<span style="font-size:1.2em;"> the Democrat dominated House passed a law making racial intermarriage a felony in the District of Columbia. His new Postmaster General also ordered that his Washington offices be segregated, with the Treasury and Navy soon doing the same. Suddenly, photographs were required of all applicants for federal jobs. When pressed by black leaders, Wilson replied, "The purpose of these measures was to reduce the friction. It is as far as possible from being a movement against the Negroes. I sincerely believe it to be in their interest."</span> 63rd US Congress en.wikipedia.org In December 1912 and January 1913, Representative Seaborn Roddenbery (Democrat of Georgia) again introduced a proposal in the United States House of Representatives to insert a prohibition of miscegenation into the US Constitution and thus create a nationwide ban on interracial marriage. According to the wording of the proposed amendment, "Intermarriage between negros or persons of color and Caucasians... within the United States... is forever prohibited." Roddenbery's proposal was more severe because it defined the racial boundary between whites and "persons of color" by applying the one-drop rule. In his proposed amendment, anyone with "any trace of African or Negro blood" was banned from marrying a white spouse. Anti-miscegenation laws en.wikipedia.org