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Civil Rights Movement (view source)
Revision as of 08:23, February 15, 2019
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*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 Division]] to escort the children passed protesters.
*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 Division]] to escort the children passed protesters.
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[[File:Partycivilrights.jpeg|right|200px|thumb|]]
*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.