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22. Oh how far we've come

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 04:57 PM

Sep 2012

Republican men who were married to, brothers of, and sons of republican women voted for the 19th Amendment.

Things have certainly changed.

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Marin Luther King Jr. was a Republican!!! ?? [View all] Yooperman Sep 2012 OP

It's not a surprise that MLK or his family would be Republicans... Drunken Irishman Sep 2012 #1

Well... in reality he wasn't a Republican... Yooperman Sep 2012 #3

Thanks for that! NYC Liberal Sep 2012 #5

Most black families were Republican until the election of JFK. nanabugg Sep 2012 #30

Well I guess he must have voted for Reagan! chknltl Sep 2012 #2

Simply amazing isn't it... Yooperman Sep 2012 #6

I wonder who they think were the people opposing him then. NYC Liberal Sep 2012 #10

Just stirring the pot rbrnmw Sep 2012 #7

Before the 20008 election brettdale Sep 2012 #8

Thank you for your input... Yooperman Sep 2012 #17

Oh how far we've come loyalsister Sep 2012 #22

thank you saw the very same thing on face book tonight dembotoz Sep 2012 #11

lets kick this dembotoz Sep 2012 #12

JFK had RFK go down to Atlanta to get MLK out of jail in 1960. MinM Sep 2012 #13

Great post!! Yooperman Sep 2012 #16

Civil Rights Act of 1964: votes by party and party/region Viking12 Sep 2012 #14

Awesome information.... Yooperman Sep 2012 #15

It figures. I seem to remember a time when some Repukes hifiguy Sep 2012 #18

LOL... it never ceases to amaze me what they will say or do Yooperman Sep 2012 #20

K&R MinM Sep 2012 #19

it was a much different party in those days spanone Sep 2012 #21

In a letter (1956) MLK said he had always voted Democratic. former9thward Sep 2012 #23

Thanks ... that just about wraps that arguement up.... Yooperman Sep 2012 #24

Lots Of African Americans Remained Republicans Up Until The 1960s DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2012 #25

Look at who the Democrats were in Georgia in the 1960's. dawg Sep 2012 #26

Glad though, that they are actually trying to claim him. dawg Sep 2012 #27

the info about byrd is wrong as well, of course. unblock Sep 2012 #28

And the Dixiecrats left the Democrats to join the GOP n/t deutsey Sep 2012 #32