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Civil Rights Movement (view source)
Revision as of 07:11, February 15, 2019
, 07:11, February 15, 2019→GOP Role in Civil Rights
The '''civil rights movement''' was a movement towards racial equality and an end to segregation of [[African Americans]] that occurred in the [[United States]] from about 1953 to 1968, as courts and [[Congress]] made segregation illegal and imposed strict laws attempting to ensure that blacks could be able to vote.
The '''civil rights movement''' was a movement towards racial equality and an end to segregation of [[African Americans]] that occurred in the [[United States]] from about 1953 to 1968, as courts and [[Congress]] made segregation illegal and imposed strict laws attempting to ensure that blacks could be able to vote.
==GOP Role in Civil Rights==
==GOP role in Civil Rights==
The GOP always voted in higher percentages for civil rights bills from the 1860s when Republican Abraham Lincoln overturned slavery to the 1960s when the [[1964 Civil Rights Act]] and [[1965 Voting Rights Act]] were passed.<ref>Parks, B. [http://www.black-and-right.com/the-democrat-race-lie The Democrat Race Lie]. BlackAndRight.com.<br>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:United_States_federal_civil_rights_legislation</ref>
The GOP always voted in higher percentages for civil rights bills from the 1860s when Republican Abraham Lincoln overturned slavery to the 1960s when the [[1964 Civil Rights Act]] and [[1965 Voting Rights Act]] were passed.<ref>Parks, B. [http://www.black-and-right.com/the-democrat-race-lie The Democrat Race Lie]. BlackAndRight.com.<br>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:United_States_federal_civil_rights_legislation</ref>
*1863: [[Emancipation Proclamation]], [[Executive Order]] by Republican President [[Abraham Lincoln]] freeing all slaves held within the rebellious states.
*1865: [[13th Amendment]] banning slavery passed by Republican president Abraham Lincoln with unanimous Republican support and most Democrats opposed.
*1865: [[13th Amendment]] banning slavery passed by Republican president Abraham Lincoln with unanimous Republican support and most Democrats opposed.
*1866: [[14th Amendment]] giving due process and equal protection to all races passes with 100% of Democrats voting no in House and Senate.
*1866: [[14th Amendment]] giving due process and equal protection to all races passes with 100% of Democrats voting no in House and Senate.
*1922 Anti-Lynching Law passed Republican House; filibustered by [[Democrat]]s in the [[Senate]].
*1922 Anti-Lynching Law passed Republican House; filibustered by [[Democrat]]s in the [[Senate]].
*1924: Republican president [[Calvin Coolidge]] signs the law passed by Republican Congress giving [[Native American]]s the right to vote.
*1924: Republican president [[Calvin Coolidge]] signs the law passed by Republican Congress giving [[Native American]]s the right to vote.
*1954: ''[Brown v. Board of Eduction]]'', Republican Chief Justice appointed by Republican President Dwight Eisenhower writes [[Supreme Court]] decision overturning previous Democrat Supreme Court "separate by equal" doctrine, outlawing school [[segregation]].
*1957: Republican president [[Dwight Eisenhower]] signs the Republican Party sponsored 1957 Civil Rights Act creating the Civil Rights Commission.
*1957: Republican president [[Dwight Eisenhower]] signs the Republican Party sponsored 1957 Civil Rights Act creating the Civil Rights Commission.
*1957: Republican President Dwight Eisenhower order federal troops to take over Arkansas National Guard which Democrat Gov. [[Orval Faubus]] used to prevent black children to attend public school. Eisenhower ordered the [[101st Airborne]] to escort the children passed protesters.
*1964: Civil Rights Act ending segregation and voter restrictions is passed with 80% of Republicans in the House and 82% in the Senate voting yes, but only 63% of Democrats voting yes in the House and 69% in the Senate. Democrats [[filibuster]]ed for 83 days. After passing the Civil Rights Act, Democratic president [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] brags "I'll have those n****** voting Democratic for the next 200 years."<ref>The Relentless Conservative (2011, August 24). [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-relentless-conservative/the-democratic-partys-two_b_933995.html The Democratic Party's Two-Facedness of Race Relations]. The Huffington Post.</ref>
*1964: Civil Rights Act ending segregation and voter restrictions is passed with 80% of Republicans in the House and 82% in the Senate voting yes, but only 63% of Democrats voting yes in the House and 69% in the Senate. Democrats [[filibuster]]ed for 83 days. After passing the Civil Rights Act, Democratic president [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] brags "I'll have those n****** voting Democratic for the next 200 years."<ref>The Relentless Conservative (2011, August 24). [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-relentless-conservative/the-democratic-partys-two_b_933995.html The Democratic Party's Two-Facedness of Race Relations]. The Huffington Post.</ref>
*1965: Voting Rights Act passed to remove [[racial]] voter discriminations against [[blacks]] and [[Hispanic]]s with 82% of Republicans voting yes to 78% of Democrats in the House, and 94% of Republicans in the Senate to 73% of Democrats in the Senate.
*1965: Voting Rights Act passed to remove [[racial]] voter discriminations against [[blacks]] and [[Hispanic]]s with 82% of Republicans voting yes to 78% of Democrats in the House, and 94% of Republicans in the Senate to 73% of Democrats in the Senate.