A literacy test given to black voters in the 1960s.

Myth #1: In order to competitive in the South, Republicans started to pander to white racists in the 1960's. Fact: Republicans became competitive in the 1928 when Republican President Hoover won 47% the South's popular vote agaisnt Democrat Al Smith. Eisenhower (50's) won states: Tennessee, Florida, Virginia, Louisiana, Kentucky and West Virginia. Eisenhower also desegregated schools while in office. Brown vs Board

Myth #2 Southern Democrats, angry with the Civil Rights Act 1964, switched parties. Fact: One one congressman out of the 21 switched parties. The remaining 20 seats never went Republican until two decades after the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Myth 3 Since the implementation of the Southern Strategy, The Republicans have dominated the South. Fact Richard Nixon lost the deep South in 1968 after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and lost it to Jimmy Carter and later in 1976. And 28 years later, Bill Clinton won.

You can watch this video but most people don't bother so I thought I would write it out

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