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• Elbert Guillory Gets Right With Lincoln and the Republican Party (26)
  • Kevin Levin { I tend to agree with you. I don't care much at all as to whether Guillory is a Democrat or a Republican. He should join... } – Jun 19, 5:26 PM
  • Al Mackey { "Somehow he forgot that it was a Democrat from Texas who pushed for the final passage of the Civil Rights Bill in 1964." And it... } – Jun 19, 5:22 PM
  • Andy Hall { My point was that I can see how people could easily misunderstand something in the distant past -- just not something they actually lived through. } – Jun 19, 1:05 PM
  • Kevin Levin { You can't make this stuff up. Apparently, I completely missed the boat on the significance of Guillory's shift to the Republican Party. http://www.oldvirginiablog.blogspot.com/2013/06/leaving-government-plantation.html I honestly... } – Jun 19, 12:43 PM
  • Woodrowfan { so apparently the party's positions on race circa 1860-1890 are more relevant to this gentleman than their positions on race from 1968-today? Next up, someone... } – Jun 19, 11:01 AM
  • M.D. Blough { Andy-I was 13 when Goodman, Chaney, and Chaney were murdered. I remember bombings, not only of Black churches but of private homes including MLK and... } – Jun 19, 10:37 AM
  • M.D. Blough { LBJ was no saint, but he put his formidable skills behind the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act... } – Jun 19, 10:28 AM
  • Kevin Levin { Kevin wants the "old guy" to remember that at Civil War Memory we learn from a wide range of people about how historical memory evolves.... } – Jun 19, 9:10 AM
  • Brad { Pat, Maybe we need to distinguish between Northern African Americans and the ones in the South. Obviously, the African Americans who voted (those who could... } – Jun 19, 8:59 AM
  • Lyle Smith { Yep, that's a pretty good quote. } – Jun 19, 7:56 AM
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