SS Techbook 10.1 Pg 13: Political Realignment
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CHANGES IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
- A group formed in Congress and made it difficult to pass civil rights laws
- 1948- The group of Southerners break away to form the States' Rights Democratic Party (SRDP) where those who joined were called "Dixiecrats"
- Other groups form in the Democratic Party to support civil rights laws
- SRDP rejoins the Democratic Party but is disappointed in lawmakers who support civil rights laws
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CHANGES IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONT.
- 1965- about 250,000 African Americans registered to vote
- 1967- African American voting percentages in 9/13 southern states went from 3% to 50%
- 1956- 61% of African Americans supported the Democratic Party
- 1968- 80+% voted for democratic candidate in the presidential election
- As African Americans joined the Democratic Party, Southerners left
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AFRICAN AMERICANS IN OFFICE
- 1962- California elects first African American congressman
- 1966- Edward Brooke (Massachusetts) became the first US Senator
- 1967- Gary Stokes (Cleveland, Ohio) and Richard Hatcher (Gary, Indiana) became the first mayors of significant cities
- Change slowly occurs in the South
- 1972- Georgian and Texas elect their first African American congressmen
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AFRICAN AMERICANS IN OFFICE CONT.
- 1975- Tennessee elects Harold Ford Sr. As the first African American representative
- No African Americans were elected in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Virginia until the 1990s
- 1992- Second African American senator is elected
- After that⬆️ Carol Moseley Braun is elected as a Senator in Illinois
- 2008- Barack Obama becomes the first African American president
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