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redredred · M
He was a registered Republican his entire life
Guitarman123 · 31-35, M
@redredred nope. Supported neither party
https://www.britannica.com/story/was-martin-luther-king-jr-a-republican-or-a-democrat#:~:text=%E2%80%94which%20party%20did%20he%20support,he%20explicitly%20endorse%20any%20candidate.
https://www.britannica.com/story/was-martin-luther-king-jr-a-republican-or-a-democrat#:~:text=%E2%80%94which%20party%20did%20he%20support,he%20explicitly%20endorse%20any%20candidate.
redredred · M
@Guitarman123 Sorry, I heard him say it himself. In the south of his day democrats were the party of Jim Crow. I lived through the Civil Rights era and marched in the streets.
Guitarman123 · 31-35, M
@redredred you didnt hear that as he wouldn't support a racist party
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/01/15/us/mlk-myths/index.html
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/01/15/us/mlk-myths/index.html
redredred · M
@Guitarman123 Exactly, he didn’t support the Jim Crow democrats. A greater portion of Republicans are n Congress supported the Civil Rights Acts than congressional democrats. Learn your history.
Guitarman123 · 31-35, M
@redredred yet he voted for Lyndon b Johnson. Learn your history
https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/174090
https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/174090
redredred · M
@Guitarman123 And I’ve voted for candidates who weren’t on my party. Your point?
redredred · M
Guitarman123 · 31-35, M
@redredred I don’t think the Republican Party is a party full of the almighty God nor is the Democratic Party,” he said in a 1958 interview. “They both have their weaknesses. I'm not concerned about telling you what party to vote for. But what I'm saying is this, that we must gain the ballot and use it wisely."
PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
@redredred And the GOP is the party of the Klan and has been since desegregation.
