"Historically they were the champion vote suppressors, keeping black people in the South, nearly all Republicans, from voting for a century after Reconstruction."
While yes this is true- this one-liner type of historical tidbit is always taken OUT of context by Rightwing apologists of the modern GOP "Democrats were the party of slavery and Lincoln freed the slaves" shallow social media posting with little actual context that since the Civil Rights Act, the parties have basically switched sides on vote suppression and rights for minorities.
I know you know this but that kind of one line can quickly be quoted out of context
"Historian Professor Brands said Democrats are the champion vote suppressors keeping black people in the South from voting"
I have just finished this morning the first six chapters of your latest book, “AMERICA FIRST Roosevelt us. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War,” H. W. Brands, Doubleday (2024). If any of your readers here, after reading your last 4 essays in 4 days have thirsted for more, I commend to them this new work of yours.
WHOAH PROFESSOR!!
"Historically they were the champion vote suppressors, keeping black people in the South, nearly all Republicans, from voting for a century after Reconstruction."
While yes this is true- this one-liner type of historical tidbit is always taken OUT of context by Rightwing apologists of the modern GOP "Democrats were the party of slavery and Lincoln freed the slaves" shallow social media posting with little actual context that since the Civil Rights Act, the parties have basically switched sides on vote suppression and rights for minorities.
I know you know this but that kind of one line can quickly be quoted out of context
"Historian Professor Brands said Democrats are the champion vote suppressors keeping black people in the South from voting"
I have just finished this morning the first six chapters of your latest book, “AMERICA FIRST Roosevelt us. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War,” H. W. Brands, Doubleday (2024). If any of your readers here, after reading your last 4 essays in 4 days have thirsted for more, I commend to them this new work of yours.
I do. I’m quite fond of it, especially considering the alternatives.