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JPZenger

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Mon Jun-05-06 02:39 PM
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89. During Reconstruction, the Repubs really were pro civil rights

During reconstruction after the Civil War, the Republicans really were the party of civil rights for African Americans, while the Dems were the party of racist oppression. Then, during a contested Presidential election, the Republicans agreed to give up their reconstruction and civil rights program in return for the Dems saying that the Republican won the Presidency. It was at that point that racist government policies were allowed to spread without challenge, and some African American elected officials were assasinated by people never brought to trial.

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