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Under FDR, the Democratic Party became identified closely with modern liberalism, which included the promotion of social welfare, unions and regulation of the economy. Civil rights were not on the party agenda at this time. FDR slways opposed the federal anti-lynching law a courted racist Southern Democrats.

Under FDR, the Democratic Party became identified closely with modern liberalism, which included the promotion of social welfare, unions and regulation of the economy. Civil rights were not on the party agenda at this time. FDR slways opposed the federal anti-lynching law a courted racist Southern Democrats.

Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York, a Republican [[New Deal]]er who supported Roosevelt, made the first efforts to court African-Americans, who were traditional Lincoln Republicans, into the New Deal coalition. La Guardia decreed that African-Americans were not to be arrested for anything, and that police patrolling [[Harlem]] could not carry night sticks. Not until the presidential election of 1960 when John Kennedy intervened for the release of Martin Luther King, who was jailed two weeks before the election in Atlanta following a non-violent protest, did the majority of Blacks begin voting Democratic ''en bloc''. The transition was solidified four years later when the Republican presidential nominee, Barry Goldwater, who defied Republican Congressional leadership and voted with Southern Democrat segregationists to oppose the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York, a Republican [[New Deal]]er who supported Roosevelt, made the first efforts to court African-Americans, who were traditional Lincoln Republicans, into the New Deal coalition. Roosevelt provided federal funds to La Guardia and withheld support from his opponents. La Guardia decreed that African-Americans were not to be arrested for anything, and that police patrolling [[Harlem]] could not carry night sticks. Not until the presidential election of 1960 when John Kennedy intervened for the release of Martin Luther King, who was jailed two weeks before the election in Atlanta following a non-violent protest, did the majority of Blacks begin voting Democratic ''en bloc''. The transition was solidified four years later when the Republican presidential nominee, Barry Goldwater, who defied Republican Congressional leadership and voted with Southern Democrat segregationists to oppose the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

===Truman to Kennedy: 1945-1963===

===Truman to Kennedy: 1945-1963===