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CNN The Sixties July 7, 2014 05:10:00

no memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor president kennedy s memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long. johnson gets that civil rights bill moving in the first few weeks after kennedy s assassination. dixiecrats led by richard russell announced a filibuster. that is, they would continue to talk and prevent the bill from coming forward for a straight up or down vote. this bill which we feel is a perversion of the american way of life and a great blow at the right of dominion over private property that has been the genesis of our greatness. lbj and his allies knew they were short. so thus began a 24/7 campaign. he bullied. he cajoled. he made deals in order to get enough senators on board. ....

Southern Civil Rights , John Kennedy , Memorial Oration , Lyndon Johnson , Richard Russell , The American Way Of Life , Up Or Down Vote , 24 7 ,

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140703:06:37:00

politico is headlined, the civil rights act passed the senate by 73-27 with 23 out of 33 republican votes. also joining me, political analyst. congressman, i will start with you that law that passed in 1964 wouldn t pass in 2014. do you agree with that? first of all, the strongest opposition to president johnson came from dixiecrats. so as soon as blacks had the right to vote, the dixiecrats ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140703:06:38:00

Changed party. democrats switched over to republicans. if you look at where the dixiecrats are and look at where the tea party people are, it is hard to distinguish. find where the confederate flag, where it waves with the tea party. find out which states say that lincoln and which states have representatives that hate obama. find out which states held slaves. when you say that, look at the tea party today, and you can say, that this is a movement with a lot of support, from its heavily white, certainly back then heavily white southern and all that, is race the motivating factor are you saying for the tea party, though? i don t have to say a darn thing except you can see where they come from and what the opposition has been to voting rights and integration an all of those things. ....

Tea Party , President Obama , Voting Rights ,

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140702:23:38:00

So as soon as blacks had the right to vote, the dixiecrats changed party. democrats switched over to republicans. if you look at where the dixiecrats are and look at where the tea party people are, it is hard to distinguish. find where the confederate flag, where it waves with the tea party. find out which states say that lincoln and which states have representatives that hate obama. find out which states held slaves. when you say that, look at the tea party today, and you can say, that this is a movement with a lot of support, from its heavily white, certainly back then heavily white southern and all that, is race the motivating factor are you saying for the tea party, though? i don t have to say a darn thing except you can see where they come from and what the opposition has been to voting rights and integration an all of ....

Tea Party , President Obama , Voting Rights ,

CNN The Sixties June 29, 2014 04:10:00

Lost cause. you know what johnson says to them? well, what the hell is the presidency for then? no memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor president kennedy s memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long. johnson gets that civil rights bill moving in the first few weeks after kennedy s assassination. dixiecrats led by richard russell announced a filibuster. that is they would continue to talk and prevent the bill from coming forward for a straight up or down vote. this bill which we feel is a perversion of the american way of life and a great blow at the right of dominion over private property that has been the genesis of our greatness. lbj and his allies knew they were short. so thus began a 24/7 campaign. he bullied. he cajoled. ....

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