First one was in the 50s and did most of the heavy lifting. Republican President, Republican Congress, a lot of veterans who remember fighting alongside 'colored' units in WWI and WWII behind the push. Also liberal Republicans, back when there were a bunch of those who weren't lying about it.
LBJ's hard-R voting Democrat for a hundred years bill was the one the libshits mark as the start of the modern era, despite the pace of income growth, family stability, and educational attainment catch-up slowing after '65 rather than accelerating.
there was a second?
First one was in the 50s and did most of the heavy lifting. Republican President, Republican Congress, a lot of veterans who remember fighting alongside 'colored' units in WWI and WWII behind the push. Also liberal Republicans, back when there were a bunch of those who weren't lying about it.
LBJ's hard-R voting Democrat for a hundred years bill was the one the libshits mark as the start of the modern era, despite the pace of income growth, family stability, and educational attainment catch-up slowing after '65 rather than accelerating.