But it is history. Your words
"What do they teach these days in school? It sure must not be history." -----Original Message----- From: Maureen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 10:34 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh I'll just give your post a red herring alert, as it has nothing to do with what was being discussed, and since I have no use for any political party, it makes very little difference to me who voted for what 40 years ago. At 11:20 AM 7/9/02, you wrote: >Probably don't teach that Republicans pushed hard for the CRA of '64 >than demos too. > >The Republican Party was not so badly split as the Democrats by the >civil rights issue. Only one Republican senator participated in the >filibuster against the bill. In fact, since 1933, Republicans had a more >positive record on civil rights than the Democrats. In the twenty-six >major civil rights votes since 1933, a majority of Democrats opposed >civil rights legislation in over 80 % of the votes. By contrast, the >Republican majority favored civil rights in over 96 % of the votes. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Maureen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 10:11 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh > >At 09:55 AM 7/9/02, Hatton wrote: > >The Civil Rights movement was originally designed to try and break down > >the barriers that kept blacks out of board rooms and country clubs. > > >Do you really believe this? > >The Civil Rights movement was about voting rights, the right not be >lynched, equal educational facilities, and a long list of other >extremely >important issues that had little or nothing to do with board rooms or >country clubs. > >What do they teach these days in school? It sure must not be history. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
