It is now largely forgotten that a larger fraction of Republicans in both the House and the Senate voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act than did Democrats. This is a reminder or a history lesson.
In the original bill in the House of Representatives the vote by party was:
Democrats for 152, out of 248 Democrats voting, 61.3% of them voted Yea
Republicans for 138, out of 172 Republicans voting, 80.2% of them voted Yea
In the Senate:
Democrats for 46, out of 67 Democrats voting, 68.7% of them voted Yea
Republicans for 27 out of 33 Republicans voting, 81.8% of them voted Yea
Yet today most Americans think that this civil rights law was opposed by Republicans, when the real opposition was always within the Democratic Party, just as the support for Jim Crow laws and for slavery itself had always been in the Democratic Party.
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25 September 2010
Obama Justice Department Will Not Enforce Law with Racial Impartiality
Long ago, J. Christian Adams, left the Justice Department because his case to prosecute two New Black Panther Party members for voter intimidation in the 2010 elections was set aside by higher officials in the Obama administration Justice Department. He has said over and over that this was because the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department will not enforce The Voter Rights Act in a racially neutral way. They are only willing to prosecute white intimidators for interfering with the voting rights of black Americans. According to the Obama Justice Department, white voters do not have an equal right to vote. This last week, Christopher Coates, a senior attorney still with the Justice Department, testified that this was the case and added information on earlier cases against black intimidators the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department will not prosecute. The Civil Rights Division is run and controlled by racists. There is no other term for this.
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