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<blockquote data-quote="Panin" data-source="post: 1416385" data-attributes="member: 52431">Selective interpretations, disregarding the nuances involved. Anything from the Blaze is immediately suspect. The UK site is unbiased, but a Cliff notes version.I would suggest you read this book: Race and Racism in the United States: An Encyclopedia of the American MosaicIt has a fairly comprehensive and unbiased look at the entire subject. For a view of LBJ&#039;s role, I found this to be most illuminating:<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/04/what-the-hells-the-presidency-for/358630/?single_page=true" target="_blank">http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/04/what-the-hells-the-presidency-for/358630/?single_page=true</a>The problem with your interpretation is you seem to think the Democratic Party is still the party of Southern, White racists, and the Republican Party is still the party of Lincoln and Eisenhower, when nothing could be further from the truth.By the way, if you want to the origins of the CRA of 1957, you would have to acknowledge Harry Truman and the liberal Democratic Senators who pushed for it. Both Kennedy and Johnson had Presidential aspirations, and thjose certainly played a large part in their lack of support for the 1957 CRA. The 1957 CRA was ineffective, and by 1960, fewer Blacks were voting in the South than before it&#039;s passage. Your hate blinds you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Panin, post: 1416385, member: 52431"] Selective interpretations, disregarding the nuances involved. Anything from the Blaze is immediately suspect. The UK site is unbiased, but a Cliff notes version. I would suggest you read this book: [SIZE=4][B]Race and Racism in the United States: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]It has a fairly comprehensive and unbiased look at the entire subject. [/SIZE] [SIZE=4]For a view of LBJ's role, I found this to be most illuminating: [url]http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/04/what-the-hells-the-presidency-for/358630/?single_page=true[/url][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]The problem with your interpretation is you seem to think the Democratic Party is still the party of Southern, White racists, and the Republican Party is still the party of Lincoln and Eisenhower, when nothing could be further from the truth.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]By the way, if you want to the origins of the CRA of 1957, you would have to acknowledge Harry Truman and the liberal Democratic Senators who pushed for it. Both Kennedy and Johnson had Presidential aspirations, and thjose certainly played a large part in their lack of support for the 1957 CRA. The 1957 CRA was ineffective, and by 1960, fewer Blacks were voting in the South than before it's passage. [/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Your hate blinds you.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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