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===Civil Rights Act of 1964===

===Civil Rights Act of 1964===

Some [[progressive]] historians who promote the [[U.S. "Party-switch" myth]] try to cite Yarborough's vote for the 1964 Civil Rights Act to prove that the parties supposedly re-aligned in the 60s, claiming he was a supposed "rare liberal Democrat" from the South as well as his fellow Texas senator [[John Tower]]'s opposition to the Act.<ref>https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1384151554169532416</ref> This ignores the fact that a number of Southern segregationists were supportive of the [[welfare state]] and that after the final Senate passage of the bill, Yarborough voted ''for'' an amendment by [[Albert Gore, Sr.]] which sought to significantly weaken the legislation.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s408 HR. 7152. GORE MOTION TO RECOMMIT TO THE JUDICIARY COMM. W/INSTRUCTIONS THAT IT REPORT IT BACK "FORTHWITH" W/THE AMEND. STATING THAT FEDERAL FUNDS SHOULD NOT BE W/DRAWN FROM ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT UNLESS THAT DISTRICT HAD DISOBEYED A COURT ORDER THAT IS DESEGREGATE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 12, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://nationalcenter.org/project21/1999/05/01/blacks-gored-by-a-lie-al-gore-sr-the-gop-and-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964-by-r-d-davis/ Blacks “Gored” By a Lie: Al Gore Sr., the GOP and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, by R.D. Davis]. ''Black Leadership Network''. Retrieved May 24, 2021.</ref> Furthermore, the then-conservative Tower (who later became a [[Moderate Republican]] in the 1980s) voted against the amendment.

Some [[progressive]] historians who promote the [[U.S. "Party-switch" myth]] try to cite Yarborough's vote for the 1964 Civil Rights Act to prove that the parties supposedly re-aligned in the 60s, claiming he was a supposed "rare liberal Democrat" from the South as well as his fellow Texas senator [[John Tower]]'s opposition to the Act.<ref>https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1384151554169532416</ref> This ignores the fact that a number of Southern segregationists were supportive of the [[welfare state]] and that after the final Senate passage of the bill, Yarborough voted ''for'' an amendment by [[Albert Gore, Sr.]] which sought to significantly weaken the legislation.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s408 HR. 7152. GORE MOTION TO RECOMMIT TO THE JUDICIARY COMM. W/INSTRUCTIONS THAT IT REPORT IT BACK "FORTHWITH" W/THE AMEND. STATING THAT FEDERAL FUNDS SHOULD NOT BE W/DRAWN FROM ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT UNLESS THAT DISTRICT HAD DISOBEYED A COURT ORDER THAT IS DESEGREGATE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 12, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://nationalcenter.org/project21/1999/05/01/blacks-gored-by-a-lie-al-gore-sr-the-gop-and-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964-by-r-d-davis/ Blacks “Gored” By a Lie: Al Gore Sr., the GOP and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, by R.D. Davis]. ''Black Leadership Network''. Retrieved May 24, 2021.</ref> Furthermore, the then-conservative Tower (who later became a [[Moderate Republican]] in the 1980s), who is often cited as having been anti-civil rights, voted ''against'' the amendment.

Yarborough justified his stance on the basis that his focus was centered on education and not civil rights in regards to solely the amendment.<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/88/crecb/1964/06/19/GPO-CRECB-1964-pt11-3-2.pdf GPO-CRECB-1964-pt11-3-2.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved May 24, 2021.</ref> Nevertheless, he persisted in voting for what would have gutted the Act while his colleague Sen. Tower responded:

Yarborough justified his stance on the basis that his focus was centered on education and not civil rights in regards to solely the amendment.<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/88/crecb/1964/06/19/GPO-CRECB-1964-pt11-3-2.pdf GPO-CRECB-1964-pt11-3-2.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved May 24, 2021.</ref> Nevertheless, he persisted in voting for what would have gutted the Act while his colleague Sen. Tower responded:

{{quotebox-float|...the motion is merely another assault on title VI, ''which I believe is a good provision of the bill''. I think that if we had en-acted a separate measure containing the provisions in title VI some time ago, we would not be asked to enact some of the other measures which we are asked to enact today. I believe that if people in the States and localities are going to accept Federal money and Federal support, they must not engage in any kind of discrimination which is contrary to Federal policy. Therefore I intend to vote against the motion of the Senator from Tennessee.}}

{{quotebox-float|...the motion is merely another assault on title VI, ''which I believe is a good provision of the bill''. I think that if we had en-acted a separate measure containing the provisions in title VI some time ago, we would not be asked to enact some of the other measures which we are asked to enact today. I believe that if people in the States and localities are going to accept Federal money and Federal support, they must not engage in any kind of discrimination which is contrary to Federal policy. Therefore I intend to vote against the motion of the Senator from Tennessee.}}

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