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==Origins==

==Origins==

The origins of the Democratic party party's "black problem" can be traced back to [[Lyndon Johnson]] and the 1957 and 1964 Civil Rights Acts.

The origins of the Democratic party's "black problem" can be traced back to [[Lyndon Johnson]] and the 1957 and 1964 Civil Rights Acts.

Republican Attorney General Herbert Brownell originally proposed the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Democrat Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson had Judiciary chairman [[segregation]]ist Sen. [[James Eastland]] drastically water-down the House version, removing stringent voting protection clauses.<ref>https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1951-2000/The-Civil-Rights-Act-of-1957/</ref><ref>Caro, Robert, ''Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson'', Chapter 39</ref> Eastland was a close friend of 2020 Democratic early frontrunner [[Joe Biden]].<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/us/politics/joe-biden-james-eastland.html</ref><ref>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/06/21/on-joe-biden-and-james-eastland/</ref><ref>https://trulytimes.com/dick-morris-biden-and-eastland.html</ref>

Republican Attorney General Herbert Brownell originally proposed the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Democrat Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson had Judiciary chairman [[segregation]]ist Sen. [[James Eastland]] drastically water-down the House version, removing stringent voting protection clauses.<ref>https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1951-2000/The-Civil-Rights-Act-of-1957/</ref><ref>Caro, Robert, ''Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson'', Chapter 39</ref> Eastland was a close friend of 2020 Democratic early frontrunner [[Joe Biden]].<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/us/politics/joe-biden-james-eastland.html</ref><ref>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/06/21/on-joe-biden-and-james-eastland/</ref><ref>https://trulytimes.com/dick-morris-biden-and-eastland.html</ref>