Anyone know where I can both verify this is true or not true as well as rebutte it?
"Dating as far back as 1862, when Lincoln was at war trying to free the slaves. Virtually every Democrat in Congress voted against eliminating slavery in the District of Colombia, and from prohibiting it in the territories."
The obvious argument is that in reality the Republican Party was closer to the Democratic Party of today and that most of these Dixiecrats left our party and joined the Republican Party after we passed civil rights legislation.
I'm trying to detemine the vote and if anyone has any other larger points to make i'd love to have them. If I could find a resource that acutally shows the vote for the ammendment itself as well as how many Republicans voted against the civil rights bill.
Also was Jim Crow an actual member of any party?