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Filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Civil_Rights_Filibuster_Ended.htm#:~:text=At%209%3A51%20on%20th

Filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Civil_Rights_Filibuster_Ended.htm#:~:text=At%209%3A51%20on%20the,hours%20and%2013%20minutes%20earlier https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Civil_Ri.... By Democrat Senator Robert C. Byrd who was in the Klu Klux Klan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan_members_in_United_States_politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan_members_in_United... And who was friend and mentor of Hilary R. Clinton: https://youtu.be/z0DbPnfpVus https://youtu.be/z0DbPnfpVus

shadowgovt 6y ago
All true, but again, look up the Southern Strategy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy Today's Democrats would not be comfortable in the Democratic Party of the sixties. Today's Republicans would not be comfortable in the Republican Party of the sixties. Senator Byrd, in particular, is an interesting case study in the swing that happened in the parties between the 60s and today. The story of how he went from the guy who filibustered the Civil Rights Act to a guy who scored 100% agreement with the NAACP on legislative initiatives is a fascinating microcosm of American politics during that time period.