A party tries to subdue an entire race, and you call it brainwashing when they switch support to the other party? I'm not following here. Since FDR the Democratic Party has been appealing to minorities for a number of valid reasons. The segregationist Republican Party only solidified that in the 50s and 60s.
I'm honestly stupefied by your statement...
The democrats fought a war to keep Slavery Legal... ok lost that
They then tried share cropping... ya that sucked
Then they tried lynching... not a good move in the PR department
Then Segregation... Ok the Republicans are kicking our ass there in opinion polls.
They finally won hook line and sinker with LBJ's war on poverty in keeping them trapped as slaves again. Which LBJ was long long long after FDR. As a raw percentage the Republican party was much more in favor then Democrats
Sorry for the Hyperbole filled Rant there it just REALLY urks me when people spew ignorant stuff like that. Here is the reality:
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vote totals
Totals are in "Yea-Nay" format:
The original House version: 290-130 (69%31%).
Cloture in the Senate: 71-29 (71%29%).
The Senate version: 73-27 (73%27%).
The Senate version, as voted on by the House: 289-126 (70%30%).
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By party
The original House version:[12]
Democratic Party: 152-96 (61%-39%)
Republican Party: 138-34 (80%-20%)
Cloture in the Senate:[13]
Democratic Party: 44-23 (66%34%)
Republican Party: 27-6 (82%18%)
The Senate version:[12]
Democratic Party: 46-21 (69%31%)
Republican Party: 27-6 (82%18%)
The Senate version, voted on by the House:[12]
Democratic Party: 153-91 (63%37%)
Republican Party: 136-35 (80%20%)
Now in that page they have it broken by region and it's obvious that the south was far more opposed to it than the North. But as I understand the South was pretty largely Democratic dating back to the Civil war. So ya you've pretty much bought the same bullsh@t that the blacks have as well about the Republicans and Democrats. The Civil Rights Bill was LONG overdue (by over a hundred years) but believe me it was not the Republicans holding it up by any stretch of the imagination.