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Contrary to what the Democrats would have us believe, the historical record is unambiguous: The Republican Party is the party of civil rights. Democrats, their cohorts in the media, and Liberal educational institutions have for decades—by insinuation and dishonest associations—propagated the false narrative that Republicans are anti-Black racists. Yet this is perhaps the greatest political lie in U.S. History. It is the Democratic Party, not the Republican, that has a long and deplorable record of anti-Black racism. This is not opinion, it is a matter of fact. The Republican Party was founded as an anti-slavery party in opposition to pro-slavery Democrats and as you will see, Republicans never wavered in their commitment to give and protect full civil rights of African Americans and women. Below is a true history of U.S. Civil Rights. It could just as well be titled “Republican Civil Rights Accomplishments.” Not only can Democrats not produce such a record, they aggressively opposed virtually all Republican efforts to establish and protect the civil rights of African Americans, women, and Native Americans. The Democratic Party continues to this day to deceive the American people and to exploit certain groups of Americans in order to get their votes. April 8, 1865 13th Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. Senate with 100% Republican support, 63% Democrat opposition June 8, 1866 U.S. Senate passes Republicans’ 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the law to all citizens; 94% of Republicans vote yes and 100% of Democrats vote no MARCH 30 the 15th Amendment , granting African American men the right to vote, is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution . Passed by REPUBLICAN Congress the year before April 8, 1864 The 13th Amendment banning slavery passed the U.S. Senate with 100% Republican support, 63% Democrat opposition. The U.S. House passed the Republicans’ 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the laws to all citizens. 100% of Democrats vote no. February 3, 1870 After passing the House with 98% Republican support and 97% Democrat opposition, Republicans’ 15th Amendment was ratified, granting the vote to ALL Americans regardless of race. June 9, 1964 Republicans condemn 14-hour filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act by U.S. Senator and former Ku Klux Klansman Robert Byrd (D-WV), who still serves in the Senate June 10, 1964 Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) criticizes Democrat filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act, calls on Democrats to stop opposing racial equality The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was introduced and approved by a staggering majority of Republicans in the Senate. The Act was opposed by most southern Democrat senators, several of whom were proud segregationists—one of them being Al Gore Sr. Democrat President Lyndon B. Johnson relied on Illinois Senator Everett Dirkson, the Republican leader from Illinois, to get the Act passed.