my GOD at your ignorance. The Civil Rights Act was the child of the Republican Party and would have been enacted years earlier if not for the opposition of the DEMOCRAT party.

And LBJ was a racist himself - his 'support' of the CRA was a tactic to pursue the Great Society - the worst thing to happen to blacks in America since slavery itself.

It was LBJ that ushered in the destruction of the black family unit - condemning 2 full generations of black children to dependence on govt welfare and allowing them to haunt the streets at night rather than being raised by loving fathers and given some self respect and devotion to hard work.

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Georgia Democrat Richard Russell offered the final arguments in opposition. Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, who had enlisted the Republican votes that made cloture a realistic option, spoke for the proponents with his customary eloquence. Noting that the day marked the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's nomination to a second term, the Illinois Republican proclaimed, in the words of Victor Hugo, "Stronger than all the armies is an idea whose time has come." He continued, "The time has come for equality of opportunity in sharing in government, in education, and in employment. It will not be stayed or denied. It is here!"

Dirkson and legions of Republicans provided the muscle to pry the CRA out of the hands of the DEMOCRAT party - and all due praise is due to the few DEM leaders who allied themselves with the Republicans. Dirkson was the hero of the moment for the CRA.

You know nothing - how old are you???

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Posted by DangerousWafer

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Posted on 8/14/21 at 8:26 pm to ChineseBandit58

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And LBJ was a racist himself - his 'support' of the CRA was a tactic to pursue the Great Society - the worst thing to happen to blacks in America since slavery itself.

Again, something subjective. You've really got no evidence of him backing the CRA for this reason.

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It was LBJ that ushered in the destruction of the black family unit - condemning 2 full generations of black children to dependence on govt welfare and allowing them to haunt the streets at night rather than being raised by loving fathers and given some self respect and devotion to hard work.

Again, this is subjective.

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Dirkson and legions of Republicans provided the muscle to pry the CRA out of the hands of the DEMOCRAT party - and all due praise is due to the few DEM leaders who allied themselves with the Republicans. Dirkson was the hero of the moment for the CRA.

It was signed by Democrat LBJ and ushered through by Democrat Mike Mansfield.

Southern Democrats opposed it but they were nowhere near the majority of Democrats.

There's a reason why African-Americans vote for Democrats, not Republicans.

So you've effectively written two paragraphs that are completely subjective, ignored that Southern Democrats were hardly representative of most Democrats, and then ignored that in absolute numbers, it was the Democrats that passed the bill (as Democrats controlled both the Senate and the House).

Democrats had a supermajority in both the House and the Senate.

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