The irony is that the Solid South, which gave the Democrats their power in Congress for decades, was the Solid 𝘴𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 South. Southern representatives in Congress, elected under Jim Crow regimes, were among the strongest supporters of FDR. Even as late as 1964, every Representative and every Senator from the former Confederacy including such Democratic lights as William Fulbright voted against the Civil Rights Act with the sole exception of Sen. Ralph Yarborough of Texas. In fact, the filibuster LBJ had to overcome in that fight was conducted by Democrats and was finally ended only thanks to GOP votes under leadership of Everett Dirksen.
The irony is that the Solid South, which gave the Democrats their power in Congress for decades, was the Solid 𝘴𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 South. Southern representatives in Congress, elected under Jim Crow regimes, were among the strongest supporters of FDR. Even as late as 1964, every Representative and every Senator from the former Confederacy including such Democratic lights as William Fulbright voted against the Civil Rights Act with the sole exception of Sen. Ralph Yarborough of Texas. In fact, the filibuster LBJ had to overcome in that fight was conducted by Democrats and was finally ended only thanks to GOP votes under leadership of Everett Dirksen.
Yep and then republicans were like “I have a plan to win the south. The southern strategy!!!” Kind of amazing when you think about it