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Vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969
Yes: over the 20th century the Democratic and Republican parties underwent a major, multi-decade realignment on race and regional coalitions. The change was gradual — driven by New Deal coalitions, ci...
The broad scholarly consensus places the parties’ racial realignment as a multidecade process beginning in the mid‑20th century rather than a single event: , producing the modern partisan map on race ...
Since the 1930s the Democratic Party moved from a New Deal coalition built on broad economic intervention to a party reshaped by civil‑rights realignment, late‑20th‑century market‑friendly reforms, an...
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law on July 2, 1964, and used his presidential authority, rhetorical platform, and legislative skills to push the bill—originally proposed ...
A small minority of Southern Democrats broke with their regional bloc to vote for the , but the bulk of opposition came from and drove the need for cross-party coalitions to overcome a lengthy Senate ...
The House passed H.R. 7152 on February 10, 1964; the Senate after a 72‑day fight, including a filibuster, approved its amended version on June 19 by 73–27 and the House then accepted the Senate amendm...