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LBJ said this would cost the Democratic Party elections and he was right. Nixon's southern strategy worked for most of the next 25 years
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And isnt that sad. Treating people fairly COST elections.
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The 1964 Civil Rights Act is a cornerstone of decades of key civil rights laws.pic.twitter.com/AUBdhKl7TO
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LBJ sponsored civil rights long before (it was toothless but it still chipped away at Jim Crow) The Civil Rights Act of 1957, Pub.L. 85–315, 71 Stat. 634,
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Many thanks for Reminding all of us in the
#USA that we are not founded on the principal of#AmericaFirst or#Winning - we are a nation based upon the#RuleOfLaw and respect for all to speak their mind#FirstAmendmentThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Do you truly think there was any appetite on the other side of the aisle to embrace bipartisanship with President Obama? A picture like this would have been politically suicidal for any Republican.
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The point was Obama could've toughened up a bit
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Specifically he caved on the BUSH tax cuts
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And please remember Robert F Kennedy as well. They may have had their personal battles, however, in the end, progress was made. I fear the current administration has brought back hate. Never forget those that lost lives not only fighting for our country and democracy. All lives.
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BO talking about LBJ, "During his first 20 years in Congress," Obama said, "he opposed every civil rights bill that came up for a vote, once calling the push for federal legislation a farce and a shame." &who wrote Jim Crow, segregated the military, owned slaves? Democrats
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So in depth with historical knowledge, I bow to you as the obvious intelligentsia of twitter
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The day southern democrats became republicans
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Michael, my grandfather was President of National School Board at the time. He lived in Atlanta, met w Martin Luther King Jr,, other key leaders in Civil Rights Movement, as well as Johnson. He was resistant to the movement& eventual law but succumbed to the pressure TG

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