http://justfacts.com/racial_issues.htm#slavery Civil Rights * After the Civil War, the United States government kept federal military troops in the South. Black people began to vote in significant numbers. Two blacks were elected to the U.S. Senate and 20 were elected to the House of Representatives. In 1877, all federal troops left the South. (58) * Local governments in the South created voting literacy tests. Since it was against the law to teach a slave to read, most blacks in the South could not pass these tests. In some localities, the payment of a voting fee was required in order to vote. This effectively prohibited most blacks and poor whites from voting. (59)(58) * In the early 1890�s, Republicans in the House of Representatives passed a voting rights bill by a vote of 155-149. The law was intended to protect the rights of blacks to vote. At the time, Democrats in the Senate were blocking another bill that the Republicans wanted to pass. The Republicans cut a deal with the Democrats to drop the voting rights bill in exchange for allowing the other bill to go forward. (57) * Between 1889 and 1918, 2522 black people were lynched. (57) * By 1901, the number of black voters in Louisiana had fallen from a high of 130,000 to 1,342. (57) * In 1901, George White of North Carolina left the House of Representatives. He was the last black person in Congress until 1965. (57) * In 1964, a civil rights bill was passed by Congress and signed into law by Democrat President Lyndon B. Johnson. The law provided for enforcement of the "constitutional right to vote," and made it unlawful to for employers to discriminate against people based upon their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. (60) * As of February of 2000, Al Gore�s web site contains a written transcript and video of a speech that Gore made on the topic of civil rights. Gore's transcript reads: �My commitment to civil rights is a deeply personal one. I watched my father when he was, a U.S. Senator from Tennessee, take courageous stands for civil rights. He opposed the poll tax in the 40s, and supported civil rights in the 50s, he supported voting rights in 1963, and was one of two Southern Senators to refuse to sign the hateful Southern Manifesto opposing integration in our schools. He lost his Senate seat because his [sic] stands.� (61) * R.D. Davis, a member of Project 21 (a black conservative organization), researched the voting records from the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and found: - Al Gore Sr. voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. - Al Gore Sr. participated in a 74 day filibuster to delay and weaken the legislation. - Al Gore Sr. proposed an amendment to the Civil Rights Act that would have kept federal funds flowing to schools that defied court desegregation orders. It was defeated by a vote of 74-25. 23 Democrats and 1 Republican voted for it. (62)(63) * As of 1999, posted on Bill Bradley�s web site is a transcript of a speech he gave entitled, �Why I Am a Democrat.� In it, Bradley states: �For me, the crucial moment came one hot June evening, when the Senate voted on the Civil Rights Act.� I was in a corner of the Senate chamber, looking on. �But that night I became a Democrat, because I knew in my heart that I belonged with the party who had worked hardest to make America a better place for everybody. (64) * 69% of Democrats in the Senate voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 82% of Republicans in the Senate voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (62)(63) * In the same speech Bradley stated: �And yes, we are the party that said all people really are created equal, and passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make that the law of the land.� (64) * 63% of Democrats in Congress voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it was signed into law by Democrat President Lyndon B. 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