re: #325 researchok
Actually, a lot of Dems fought tooth and nail against civil rights legislation while most iof the GOP fought for the legislation.
Johnson had a hell of time.
I’m sorry, but why are you talking about Democrats and the GOP? I was talking about conservatives and liberals. The Democrats— mostly Dixiecrats, the Southern Democrats— were conservatives, who largely then joined the GOP as a result of this battle and the Southern Strategy.