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There were more Democratic votes for the CRA than Republican votes - in both the House and Senate.Erm, there were more democrats in both chambers of Congress. The GOP voted for the CRA in higher percentages.
Immediately after the law was passed, the GOP chose a Presidential nominee who had opposed it (Barry Goldwater). Oooo, nice try. Goldwater wasn't a racist, but statements like this purport to indicate that he was.
Goldwater also challenged his party's moderate to liberal wing on policy issues. He supported the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960 and the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, but opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, disagreeing with Title II and Title VII.In other words, it wasn't a perfect bill and he opposed sections of it. Were he some kind of racist he would have opposed the earlier versions.
Say. 1957. Who was President then?
eisenhowerlibrary.gov - Civil rights act.
In 1957, President Eisenhower sent Congress a proposal for civil rights legislation. The result was the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. The new act established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. It also established a federal Civil Rights Commission with authority to investigate discriminatory conditions and recommend corrective measures. The final act was weakened by Congress due to lack of support among the Democrats.There's all those civil-rights minded democrats at work right there.
Support for civil rights among many democrats - LBJ chief among them - was due to political expediency, nothing more. That's true today, btw.
'I'll have those <really bad word>s voting democrat for the next 200 years'.
