Dude, I have written at length on this. I have read and written about the transition of Black interests being addressed by the Republicans to the Democratic party. The bottom line is that the Republican Party let these voters slip away mid century.
There were no black delegates to the Democratic convention until 1936, though in 1924 there was ONE black alternate, and by 1932 there were TEN black alternates. The Republican conventions had many black delegates, mostly from the South from 1868 to 1956.
The 1924 Democratic Party convention had so many Klan members that they had their own caucus.
In the Northern States, were elected usually with very strong European immigrant support, who were ignored by white politicians.
By 1900, Democratic Leaders in cities like Boston, New York, Baltimore, Chicago recognize the numbers and influence Blacks can have in certain areas and begin recruiting and purging from the Republicans.
Democrats were huge on patronage (get this many votes, and you'll get a constable assigned to your area, or a tire factory, or a train stop, or 5 real estate licenses). The Republican Party still had actual black officials.
In the South, Democrats were determined to keep a seperate and terrified black population. The KKK was key, and their membership was strongly in law enforcement and local politicians. Hence the sheriff ignoring lynchings and allowing mobs to storm jails and pull blacks out and hold public execution.
In the 1948 Democratic National Convention, Minnesota Senator Hubert H. Humphrey introduced a civil rights platform. A fucking brawl damn near broke out, Southern Democrats walked out of the convention, changed their names to the Dixiecrats, and nominated a young-old Strom Thurmond as their Presidential candidate. That was short lived but, it began the transition for real over the next 20 years.
Democrats strongly supported civil rights and equal opportunity and it was part of their platform. Except Southern Democrats continued to stand in opposition and use terms like 'states rights' for issues they didn't agree with a national perspective.
Th Republicans did not oppose those issues, but were not strong or vocal on them. Instead taking a very strong stance on economic and fiscal policy. They have recently adopted the 'states rights' position, which still gives them
Trump supports himself. That's it. We don't have to guess who the KKK or like organizations support, they come out and admit it.
They have no home in the Democratic Party, too many blacks controlling that party, anti-hatred language of it's platform, support of immigrants, gays, women, etc. None of that appeals to the KKK or white supremacists.
They hide behind the language of 'states rights', denagrading places where minorities live like Chicago, Detroit and Baltimore, talk about accomplished minorities as not being qualified (your words on Harris) and use that to push their idea that whites need to be in control.
They know exactly who they support, no need to guess. And you Republican supporters, rather fight with us, than to clean your party of their support. Why? It's all about the votes. Whites are not the only ones voting anymore. They are still the majority but for how long?
Linda Gordon on Fred Trump, plus Nancy MacLean on the roots of the right.
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A Ku Klux Klan newspaper has declared support for Donald Trump's Republican run for U.S. president, saying America became great because it was a white, Christian republic.
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The Klan backed Trump all the way in 2016 and it will do the same in 2020.
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White Supremacist Leader David Duke tweeted how much he loves President Donald Trump.
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Because "I know nothing about white supremacists."
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