Are these statements true?
"..... For example, the Republican Party was formed specifically to prevent the spread of slavery; Lincoln, the first Republican president, freed the slaves; the Democratic Party seceded rather than give up slavery; the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments were all introduced and passed by Republicans.
How serious were the Democrats about keeping blacks “in their place”? “In the 26 major civil rights votes after 1933, a majority of Democrats opposed civil rights legislation in over 80 percent of the votes cast. By contrast, the Republican majority favored civil rights in over 96 percent of the votes cast” (Canada Free Press).
All civil-rights bills were passed by Republican votes over the objections and filibusters of the Democrats up to and including the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. (Just FYI, it was President Eisenhower, a Republican, who sent federal troops to remove a Democrat governor who was literally blocking the door to keep eight black children out of Little Rock High School.)
Speaking of percentages, in 2008, 96 percent of blacks voted Democrat; in 1876, 99 percent voted Republican. Why? Because in 1876, only Republicans allowed blacks to vote.
“But the Democrats passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act, didn’t they?”
Yes, and here is why. President Lyndon Johnson, a Democrat, signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act (a watered-down version, by the way, of the Republican 1957 Civil Rights Act, which Johnson and the Democrats opposed). The 1960s saw blacks take to the streets, and demonstrations that included Jews, white and black church congregants had America glued to the news sources. Something had to be done.
Keep in mind, the Democrats, via state governments, a sympathetic Supreme Court and a powerful bloc at the national level, had blocked or killed all civil rights legislation passed by Republicans, including Civil Rights Acts in 1866, 1870, 1871 and 1875, and then everything from 1874 (when they regained control of both houses of Congress) to 1954." - Ben Kinchlow
Full article here but caution re: some very racist quotes by Lyndon Johnson
www.wnd.com/2012/06/are-blacks-hypocrites-or-stupid-part-1/ 
