>>>JR, a higher % of Republicans than Democrats voted for the Civil rights Act. The press in the U.K. in particular likes to downplay this by adjusting for region, but the fact remains that a measurably higher % of U.S. Republicans in Congress voted in favor of it.
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>Yep- that bill virtually mirrored Republican policy since the Civil War. And yet in Southern States where the Bill would have much effect including places like Birmingham, the Republican vote in Congress was 0% for the bill, was it not? If this is not an explanation for the persistent shift in African American allegiance, what is? And how would you characterize today's Republican position compared to their Civil Rights position of 1964?
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Since you were incorrect in your initial statement, I suggest you go research the numbers yourself.

As for position on rights today vs 1964, that conversation cannot occur until we agree on a uniform definition of rights. Health care is not a right. The expanding welfare state is not a right. Yet an increasing number are trying to convince others that it is.